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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camden) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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During the past year 261 parishioners died in the following public institutions.
| Tublic Institution. | Number of Deaths. | Public Institution. | Number of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex Hospital | 22 | Brought forward | 149 |
| Gen. Lying-in (York Rd.) Hos. | 1 | ||
| University College Hospital | 25 | Central Sick Asylum, Cleveland Street | 74 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 32 | ||
| King's College Hospital | 34 | Hoxton House Asylum | 3 |
| Children's (Great Ormond Street) Hospital | 10 | Caterbam Asylum | 10 |
| Cane Hill Asylum | 1 | ||
| Consumption (Brompton) Hospital | 2 | Hanwell Asylum | 5 |
| Westminster Hospital | 1 | Peckham House Asylum | 1 |
| Royal Free Hospital | 2 | Darenth Asylum | 1 |
| German Hospital | 2 | Colney Hatch Asylum | 2 |
| Consumption ( North London ) Hospital | 1 | Esdmonton Workhouse | 1 |
| Holborn Workhouse | 2 | ||
| St. George's Hospital | 4 | St. Pancras Workhouse | 2 |
| Women's (Euston Rd.) Hospital | 1 | Westminster Workhouse | 1 |
| Western Fever Hospital | 4 | Paddington Workhouse | 1 |
| St. Thomas's Hospital | 2 | Marylebone Workhouse | 1 |
| Homoeopathic Hospital | 2 | Strand (Bear Yd.) Workhouse | 1 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 3 | Aged Blind Home, Holloway | 1 |
| Temperance Hospital | 1 | St. Plagias Creche | 1 |
| Home (Fitzroy Sq.) Hospital | 1 | Public Way | 3 |
| Carried forward | 149 | Total | 261 |
26 of the deaths occurred from infectious diseases in the
following hospitals, &c.:—
At Charing Cross (diphtheria 6, diarrhoea 1).
At King's College (diphtheria 1, whooping cough 1,
enteric fever 1, erysipelas 2).
At University College (diphtheria 1, whooping-cough
1, enteric fever 2, erysipelas 1).
At Western Fever (diphtheria 3, enteric fever 1).
At Children's (whooping-cough 1, measles 1).
At German (enteric fever 1).
At Central Sick Asylum (erysipelas 1).
At Home Hospital, Fitzroy Square (diarrhoea 1).
Removals to the Isolation Hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board.
The following table shows the total admissions and deaths