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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) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE XI.
Showing the localities in which fatal cases of the principal Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1899:—
| Locality. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whoop ing Cough. | Diphtheria. | Fever. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betterton Street | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Broad Street | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Castle Street | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Compton St., New | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Endell Street | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Goldsmith Street | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Kemble Street | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Macklin Street (Aldwych Buildings) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Neal Street | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| North Crescent | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Parker Street | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Red Car Yard | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Russell Street Little | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ,, Great | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Stacey Street | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Short's Gardens | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tower Street | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| West Street | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| White Lion St., Great | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| „ Little | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Woburn Mews | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Workhouse | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Total | — | 16 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
During the hot weather in August and September,
diarrhoea and enteritis caused 51 deaths in different parts
of the district. 43 were deaths of children under 5 years
of age.