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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) 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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(B.)—Table op Population, Births, and of new Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year 1894, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. Giles, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being show n as separate localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sicknhss in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from thbir Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census, 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1894. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous croup. | Fever | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | *Diarrhœa. | . | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. George, Bloomsbury | - | - | - | under 5 | - | 8 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 upwards | 5 | 17 | 14 | - | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 11 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| St. Giles, North | - | - | - | under 5 | — | 8 | 4 | — | - | i | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | — | — | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — |
| 1 | 23 | 3 | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 19 | — | — | 20 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| St. Giles, South | - | - | - | under 5 | — | 6 | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | 5 | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 upwards | 1 | 23 | 7 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 43 | — | 1 | 16 | 6 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| St Giles Workhouse | - | - | - | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 upwards | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | ||||
| British Lying.in Hospital, Endell street | - | - | - | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| French Hospital, Shaftesbury Avenue | - | - | - | under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Totals | - | - | under 5 | - | 21 | 16 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 18 | - | - | 17 | 12 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5 upwards | 7 | 63 | 24 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | 57 | 80 | — | 6 | 49 | 16 | - | - | 18 | — | . | — | — | 11 | - | - | ||||