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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
Clerkenwell 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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Of these 72 deaths, 56 are registered as arising from
Cholera, and 16 from Choleraic Diarrhoea.
45 of the deaths occurred in the Parish; 27 after removal
to the Hospitals.
As regards ages, the deaths may be arranged thus:—
Under 5 years 14
Between 5 and 10 years
„ 10 „ 20 „
„ 20 „ 40 „
„ 40 „ 60 „
Above 60 years
5
5
21
17
10
72
In regard to districts, the deaths occurred as follows; the deaths which took place in the two previous epidemics of 1849 and 1854 being appended:—
| 1866 | 1849 | 1854 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. James's | 38 | 53 | 24 |
| Amwell | 13 | 17 | 15 |
| Pentonville | 9 | 29 | 8 |
| Goswell | 12 | 22 | 11 |
| 72 | 121 | 58 |
Of the 38 deaths occurring in the St. James's District,
10 took place in the courts of Turnmill Street, viz.: 2 in Rose
Alley, 2, in Bitt Alley, and 6 in Broad Yard.
As regards the localities in which the cases of Cholera
occurred in this Parish, it may be remarked that they were
mostly scattered; in few instances only were they centred round
a spot.
In the greater proportion of the cases, where Cholera
occurred in a house, the sufferers lived on the first and second
floors, while those on the ground floor escaped. In a few cases
there were grounds for believing that the disease was imported
from the East End of London, where it raged so fearfully.
The first case that occurred in Eagle Court was that of a young
woman, who nearly died, and had been living at Whitechapel.
The mother subsequently took the disease, and died, the father
and a brother being next affected and recovering. Two other
fatal cases afterwards occurred in the same locality, which is
densely crowded and very unhealthy. In the outbreak in
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