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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) 1896
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897
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With these corrections the deaths for the three registration Sub-districts were :—
| St.. George, Bloomsbury | 184 |
| St. Giles, South | 400 |
| St. Giles, North | 150 |
| Total | 734 |
The annual death-rate, which in the preceding three
years had been 23.2, 18.7, and 21.3 respectively, was 19.1
per 1,000 in 1896, being 3.0 per 1,000 than the decennial
average 1886-95.
The death-rate for the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields
was 14.6 per 1,000 higher than the rate for the parish of
Bloomsbury.
The Registrar-General, in his fifty-fifth annual report,
gives the annual mortality of St. Giles District, in five
decennia, as follows:—
(Deaths to 1,000 living.)
| 1841-50 | 1851-60 | 1861-70 | 1871-80 | 1881-90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 27 | 27 | 234 | 21.0 |
The number of deaths in London during the year was:
Males 43,069, females 40,442, persons 83,511, and corresponded
to a rate of 18.6 per 1,000 of the population, the
average death-rate in the previous ten years having
been 20.1.
In England and Wales 527,929 deaths were registered,
equal to a death-rate of 1 7.1 per 1,000.