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St Giles (Camden) 1896
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897
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TABLE I.
Showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths for the Tear 1896, and Ten Years Preceding.
| The Year. | Population. | Number of Inhabited Houses. | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Total all ages. | Under one year. | Total under five years. | In Public. Institutions outside the District. | In Public Institutions inside the District. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 38,237 | 3,729 | 408 | 1,064 | *734 | 162 | 254 | 215 | †l59 | |
| 1895 | — | — | 371 | 1,120 | 851 | 185 | 273 | 196 | 190 | |
| 1894 | — | — | 369 | 1,070 | 745 | 144 | 247 | 216 | 182 | |
| 1898 | — | — | 341 | 1,094 | 926 | 155 | 263 | 272 | 177 | |
| 1899 | _ | - | 357 | 1 ,129 | 919 | 180 | 1 37 | |||
| 1891 | _ | - | 370 | 1,146 | 1, 092 | 213 | ||||
| 1890 | — | — | 347 | 1,183 | 1,035 | 190 | 299 | 258 | 197 | |
| 1889 | — | _ | 322 | 1,197 | 904 | 176 | 296 | 233 | 109 | |
| 1888 | — | — | 341 | 1,210 | 853 | 188 | 277 | 199 | 149 | |
| 1887 | _ | _ | 318 | 1,214 | 1,045 | 217 | 144 | 213 | ||
| 1886 | — | — | 303 | 1,286 | 1,038 | 212 | 373 | 177 | 167 | |
| Average for 10 vears, 1886-1895. | - | — | 343 | 1,164 | 940 | 186 | 282 | 227 | 171 | |
NOTES.
1.—Population at Census, March, 1896—38,237.
2.—Average number of persons in each house—106.
3.—Area of ("St. George, Bloomsbury, 121)
district (St. Giles-in-the-Fields, 123)244 acres.
4.—Rateable Value of the District, April, 1896—
£426,443.
* Inclusive of the deaths of parishioners at Public Institutions outside
the District, and exclusive of the deaths of non-parishioners at Public
Institutions within the District.
† 159 persons died in Public Institutions inside the District, but 65 were
non-parishioners.