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St Giles (Camden) 1896
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897
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B.—The Little Coram Street Block.
Superintendent, Mr. Whenman.
The Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death-rates for 1896, and the ten previous years, and the decennial average for 1886-95, are shown in the following table:—
| Little Coram Street Block. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | Average for 10 yrs. 1886 - 95. | 1896. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-rate | 53.6 | 45.8 | 43.1 | 48.5 | 42.1 | 48.9 | 36.8 | 38.9 | 38.4 | 47.6 | 44.3 | 37.1 |
| Death-rate | 18.2 | 24.1 | 20.3 | 17.7 | 19.2 | 22.7 | 23.3 | 15.0 | 11.5 | 21.9 | 19.3 | 10.4 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 8.5 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 3.7 | — | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1.3 |
The population in the eight blocks in 1896 was 769,
viz., 630 adults and 139 children under five years.
The 29 births were equal to a birth-rate of 37.1 per
1,000, and the eight deaths corresponded to an annual
death-rate of 10.4 per 1,000. There was only one zymotic
death (infantile diarrhoea), equal to a rate of 1.3 per 1,000;
one of the total deaths occurred in hospital.
23 certificates of infectious diseases were received, viz.,
scarlet fever 22 and enteric fever 1.
The Trustees of the Peabody Donation Fund, in their
32nd Annual Report for the year 1896, state that the
net gain of the year from rents and interest has been
£28,787 4s. 1d.
The capital expenditure on land and buildings to the
end of the year was £1,250,390 10s. 8d.
At the end of the year the Trustees had provided for
the artizan and labouring poor of London 11,367 rooms,
besides bathrooms, laundries and lavatories. These rooms
comprised 5,121 separate dwellings, viz., 83 of four rooms,