Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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The following table shows the total admissions and deaths of small-pox, fever and diphtheria patients from the several metropolitan parishes:-
Parishes and Unions. | Small-pox. | Scarlet. | Diphtheria. | Typhus. | Enteric. | Other Diseases. | Tot .1 Admissions. | Total Deaths. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. District. | Kensington | 1 | 200 | 46 | - | 24 | — | 271 | 30 |
Fulham | — | 188 | 95 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 313 | 51 | |
Paddington | — | 146 | 53 | - | 10 | 2 | 211 | 16 | |
Chelsea | — | 91 | 32 | — | 11 | - | 134 | 12 | |
St. George's | — | 172 | 45 | — | 9 | - | 226 | 20 | |
Westminster | — | 60 | 3 | — | 9 | - | 72 | 9 | |
N. District. | St. Marylebone | — | 248 | 59 | — | 23 | 6 | 336 | 32 I |
St. Pancras | 1 | 406 | 70 | — | 38 | 2 | 517 | 44 | |
Hampstead | — | 77 | 27 | — | 4 | — | 108 | 11 | |
Islington | — | 210 | 157 | — | 37 | 3 | 407 | 72 | |
Hackney | — | 214 | 71 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 359 | 61 | |
C. District. | St. Giles | 1 | 55 | 5 | — | - | 3 | 64 | 5 |
Strand | — | 28 | - | — | - | - | 28 | 1 | |
Holborn | - | 389 | 82 | — | 52 | - | 523 | 59 | |
City of London | — | 34 | 13 | — | 5 | — | 52 | 7 | |
Shoreditch | 1 | 174 | 57 | — | 35 | 2 | 269 | 39 | |
E. District. | Bethnal Green | 3 | 192 | 72 | 3 | 34 | - | 304 | 45 |
Whitechapel | 2 | 82 | 102 | 3 | 11 | — | 200 | 53 | |
St. George's-in-the-East | - | 58 | 58 | - | 9 | - | 125 | 19 | |
Stepney | 4 | 80 | 25 | — | 20 | — | 129 | 15 | |
Mile End Old Town | — | 57 | 29 | — | 26 | — | 112 | 23 | |
Poplar | 2 | 111 | 40 | — | 51 | — | 204 | 28 | |
S. District. | St. Saviour's | — | 316 | 79 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 437 | 63 |
St. Olave's | 24 | 338 | 37 | — | 16 | 8 | 423 | 40 | |
Lambeth | — | 469 | 63 | — | 26 | 8 | 566 | 50 | |
Wandsworth and Clapham | - | 526 | 116 | - | 53 | 1 | 696 | 70 | |
Camberwell | 2 | 209 | 22 | — | 18 | 3 | 254 | 30 | |
Greenwich | 22 | 191 | 26 | — | 193 | 5 | 437 | 54 | |
Woolwich | — | 63 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 86 | 5 | |
Lewisham | — | 33 | 6 | — | 4 | — | 43 | 2 | |
Port of London | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
Totals | 64 | 5,417 | 1,493 | 15 | 866 | 53 | 7,908 | 966 |
The aggregate removal of patients during the year,
including the transfer of patients from one hospital to
another, numbered 12,853.
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