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St Giles (Camden) 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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39
ous Metropolitan parishes to he deducted. On the other hand, 151
deaths, which occurred in the General Hospitals and Institutions outside
the District must be added to the numbers.
These corrections are displayed in the next Table.
TABLE No. 10.—Showing the Analysis of Deaths in St . Giles
District.
| St. Giles District. | St. Giles South, Sub ? -District. | St. Gil en North, Sub-District. | st. eorge, Bloomisbury, Sub-District. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Deaths 1,102 Add Deaths in General Hospitals 73 Add Deaths in Stock well 4 Add Deaths in High gate 27 Add deaths in Cleveland Street 49 Add Deaths in Hampstead 1 — 154 | Registered Deaths 513 Add Deaths in General Hospitals 39 Add Death in Hamp-tend 1 Add Deaths in Highgate 16 Add Deaths in Cleveland Street 24 — 80 59 Deduct Strand . 11 Deduct Miscel-laneous 32 Deduct. Lying-in Hospital. 8 Deduct Workhouse, St. Giles North 38 D duct Work-house, St. George, Blooms-buy 20 — 109 | Reg'stered Deaths 289 V d Deaths iu General Hospitals 18 Vdd Death in Stockwell 1 Add Deaths in Highgate 7 Add Deaths in Clevel md Street 16 Add Deaths in Workhouse 38 — 81 | Registered Deaths 300 Add Deaths in General Hospitals 6 Add Deaths in Highgate 4 Add Deaths in Cleveland Street 9 Add Deaths in Workhouse 20 Add Deaths in Stock well 3 — 52 352 Deduct Death in Infants' Home — 13 |
| 1.256 | Total . 3fi9 | ||
| Deduct Strand . 11 Deduct Miscellaneous 32 Dednct Lying in Hospital 8 Deduct Infants' Home 13 — 64 | |||
| Total . 33 | |||
| St. Giles North . . 36'.* St. Giles South . . 4S4 | |||
| Total . l,19v | |||
| Total 1,192 | |||
| Total . 484 |
The annual death-rate of the District is stated below:
TABLE No. 11.—Showing the Death-Rate to Population in St. Giles and its Sub-Districts in 1876.
| Sub-Districts. | Population. | Deaths. | Ratio of Deaths to Population. | Rate per 1,000. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 17,843 | 339 | 1 in 52.63 | 18.99 |
| St. Giles South | 19,089 | 484 | 1 in 39.44 | 25.35 |
| St. Giles North | 16,497 | 369 | 1 in 44.70 | 22.36 |
| Whole District | 53,429 | 1192 | 1 in 44.82 | 22.30 |
The total number of deaths in the District during the year was 305
less than the births.
The death-rate for London, in 1876, was 22 3.
The following Table shows the comparative death-rate in St. Giles,
and its Sub-Districts, for a period of ten years, with the death-rate for
1876: