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This is an exceedingly low birth-rate, and was caused principally by
the deficiency in St. George, Bloomsbury.
The Death Rate in St. Giles District.
73. The number of registered deaths in the District was 1190, of
which 321 are attributed to Bloomsbury, 565 to St. Giles South, and 204
to St. Giles North. It is necessary, however, to amend these figures, in
order to obtain a correct statement. I have been in the habit of inspecting
the admission books of the various metropolitan hospitals which are most
commonly the resort of our poor people in sickness, and extracting from
them the deaths of persons who are entered as coming from one of our
parishes. This is not done, as I am informed, by other Officers of Health ;
and as the numbers so ascertained are added to our local register, the effect
is to place our death-rate at a disadvantage, in comparison with other
Districts. We obtain in this way, however, a more exact account. I beg
to express my obligations to the Medical Officers and Secretaries of the
several Hospitals for their courtesy in allowing me to inspect the books.
74. In the year 1872, one death occurred in St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
16 in University College, 5 in the Royal Free, 12 in the Middlesex,
20 in King's College, 16 in Charing Cross, and 2 in the Children's Hospital.
One, of which the cause is entered as "unknown," is also reported. There
were no deaths in the Westminster Hospital. In all there were 73. These
are added to the registered deaths in the General Table No. 4 in the
Appendix.
75. There were also, in addition to these, 27 deaths in the Highgate
Infirmary, 4 in the Homerton Infirmary, and one in the Stockwell Infirmary
= 32. These have not been added to the various summaries, nor to the
numbers in the General Table in the Appendix; but they are taken into
account here, so that nothing may be omitted from this abstract. They
properly belong to the record of the Deaths in the Workhouse, to which I
shall add them.
76. The registered deaths in the Workhouse were 181, to which the
32 above-mentioned being added, an aggregate of 213 is obtained. These
deaths must be distributed among the three sub-districts, according to
custom. Of the entire number, 12 were ascertained to belong to Bloomsbury,
59 to St. Giles South, 39 to St. Giles North, and 94 to the Workhouse,
including the Highgate, Homerton, and Stockwell deaths. Besides
these 5 were tramps, 2 were not identified, 1 was an outsider, and 1 was
unknown. These (9) will be omitted.
The deaths in the British Lying-in Hospital (9) and in the Infants'
Home (16), not belonging to us, must also be deducted.
The following Table represents the results.

77. This death-rate is remarkably low for St. Giles District—less in
fact by 4.48 than the average of the preceding 10 years, and less absolutely
than has ever been recorded. It is however much greater than the deathrate
per 1000, for London (21.4), and indicates the prevalence of noxious
conditions throughout the most populous portionof the District, which we
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