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St Giles (Camden) 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

Published
1879
Pages
58
Tables
40

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  • Page 8
    The following table shows the several amounts paid by this District to the Metropolitan Board of Works for the last ten years
    Year.Amount.
    £s.d.
  • Page 8
    The precept for the year 1897–80 amounts to £8,166: 18 s . 7 d . The amounts paid by this District to the London School Board since it was constituted are as follows:–
    Year.Amount.
    £s.d.
  • Page 12
    THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE ST. GILES DISTRICT. ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF THE ABOVE BOARD FOR GENERAL PURPOSES, FROM THE 25 TH DAY OF MARCH, 1878, TO THE 25 TH DAY OF MARCH, 1879,
    RECEIPTS.Folio la Ledger.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Folio in Ledger.£g.d.£s.d.
  • Page 14
    Summary of General Account from the 25th day of March, 1878, to the 25th day of March, 1879.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.PAYMENTS.£s.d.
  • Page 15
    Abstract of Receipts and Payments for SEWERS, from the 25th day of March, 1878, to the 25th day of March, 1879.
    RECEIPTS.Folio in Ledger.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Folio in Ledger.£s.d.
  • Page 15
    Summary of Sewers Account, from the 25th day of March, 1878, to the 25th day of March, 1879.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.PAYMENTS.£s.d.
  • Page 16
    Abstract of Receipts and Payments on the FOUNDLING ESTATE ACCOUNT, from the 25th day of March, 1878, to the 25th day of March, 1879.
    RECEIPTS.Folio in Ledger.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Folio in Ledger.£s.d.
  • Page 16
    Summary of Foundling Estate Account from the 25th day of March, 1878, to the 25th day of March, 1879.
    RECEIPTS.£d.PAYMENTS.£s.d
  • Page 17
    Brunswick Square Garden Rate Account.
    RECEIPTS.Folio in Ledger.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Folio in Ledger.£s.d.
  • Page 18
    Coal Yard and Goldsmith's Alley Improvement Account.
    RECEIPTS.Folio in Ledger.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Folio in Ledger.£s.d.
  • Page 19
    General Account.
  • Page 20
    FOUNDLING ESTATE ACCOUNT. Proportion of Bond Debt on the Foundling Estate Account, transferred to this Board by order of the Metropolitan Board of Works, of the 1st day of August, 1856, £6,746.
  • Page 22
    New Pavings. Carriageways.
    Situation.Description of Paving.Net Cost.
  • Page 23
    The cost of the street cleansing for the year ending 25th March, 1879, was as follows:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 24
    The water used for this purpose (including that used for street washing) was 3,192,000 gallons.
  • Page 25
    The following is a List of the Contracts entered into by the Board and in force up to the 25th day of March, 1879:—
    Name and Address of Contractor.Nature of Contract.Term of Contract.
  • Page 28
    "Annual Rate of Increase of Population per Cent.— 1851-61, 1.73; 1861-71, 1.50. "1878.
  • Page 29
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 29
    E levation .—The average elevation of the land in this District is about 68 feet above high-water mark.
  • Page 29
    Marriages and Marriage-rate. The marriages in 1878 were 415, viz.:—
    Name of Building.Denomination.Number of Marriages.
  • Page 30
    S howing the B irth-rate to P opulation in S t. G iles and its S ub- D istricts in 1878.
    Sub-Districts.Population.Births.Ratio of Births to Population.Rate per 1,000.Average Birth-rate per 1.ooo for 10 Years, 1869-1878.
  • Page 31
    S howing the N umber of D eaths in S t. G iles W orkhouse, the B ritish L ying-in H ospital, and the I nfants' H ome, 1878.
    Sub-Districts, etc.Workhouse.Lying-in Hospital.Infants' Home.Total Number of Deaths.
  • Page 31
    N umber of D eaths of P arishioners belonging to S t. G iles D istrict in P ublic I nstitutions situated out of the D istrict.
    Sub-Districts.Metropolitan Asylum District Board.Metropolitan Sick Asylum. Cleveland Street.Special Hospitals for Infectious Diseases.General Hospitals.Total.
    Hampstead.Fulham.Stockwell.London Fever, Liverpool Road.London Small Pox, Highgate.University College.Royal Free.King's College.Middlesex.Charing Cross.
  • Page 32
    S howing the D eath-rate to P opulation in S t. G iles and its Sub- D istricts in 1878.
    Sub-Districts.Population.Deaths.Ratio of Deaths to Population.Rate per 1,000.Average Death-rate for 10 years, 1868-77.
  • Page 34
    Return respecting Vaccination of Children , WHOSE Births were Registered during the Year. (For the period from July 1st, 1877, to June 30th, 1878.)
    Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officers' District. 1Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets.Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 10, 11 and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets), viz.Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register on account of
    Col. 10. Successfully Vaccinated.Column 11.Col. 13. Dead. Unvaccinated.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removed to Districts the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found.Cases still under Proceedings by Summons and otherwise.
    Insusceptible of Successful Vaccination.Had Small Pox.
    234568910
  • Page 38
    The verdicts of the juries may be classified thus:—
    Cause of Death.Total.
  • Page 39
    The Number of New Cases treated at the Bloomsbury Dispensary, 1878.
    Physician's Cases.Surgeon's Cases.Total.
    Quarter ending—Total No. under Treatment.Visited at Home.Died.Total No. under Treatment.Visited at Home.Died.Casualties about—Total No. under Treatment.Visited at Home.Died.
  • Page 41
    Cow-Houses.—Licences were also granted at the same time, on similar conditions, to the following cow-keepers:—
    Locality.Licensees.No. of Cows allowed.
  • Page 43
    TABLE I. Estimated Population, 1878, at the middle of the Year, and in Ten previous Years; Number of Inhabited Houses; Births, Deaths and Marriages (gross numbers).
    Year.Estimated Population.Number of Houses.Registered Births.Deaths.Marriages.
  • Page 44
    TABLE II. Showing Birth and Death.rate, Deaths of Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions, 1878, and Ten previous Years
    The Year.Births per 1,000 of the Population.Death.rate per 1,000 living.Deaths of Children under 1 year per cent. to Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 1 year per cent. to Births.Deaths of Children under 5 years per cent. to Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions outside the District.Deaths in Public Institutions inside the District.
  • Page 45
    Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1878. (The Deaths in Public Institutions of Non-Residents being excluded.)
    causes of death.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and upwards.Total under 5 years.Grand Total.Sub-Districts.
    St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles South.St. Giles North.
  • Page 46
    TABLE III.— continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and upwards.Total under 5 years.Grand Total.Sub-Districts.
    St. George, Bloomsbury.St Giles South.St. Giles North.
  • Page 47
    TABLE IV. Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases and proportions to Population and to 1,000 Deaths, 1878, viz.:-
    Diseases.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to ] ,000 Deaths.
  • Page 48
    TABLE V. Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1868 to 1877, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases, and the Number in 1878, etc.
    Disease.1868.1869.1870.1871.1872.1873.1874.1875.1876.1877.Annual Average of 10 years, 1868 to 1877.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1868 to 1877.1878.Proportion of Deaths to 1.000 Deaths in 1878.
  • Page 49
    TABLE VI. The Report of the Sanitary Work, &c. in 1878, carried out under the Superintendence of the Sanitary Inspectors, O'Donnell and Walters.
    Sub-district.St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles South.St. Giles North.Total.
  • Page 50
    TABLE VII. Disinfecting Chamber. Showing the List of Articles Disinfected in Hot-Air Chamber during 1878.
    Articles.No.ArticlesNo.
  • Page 51
    TABLE VIII. Registered Births in 52 Weeks of 1878. Sub-Distrcts of St. Giles.
    Sub-Districts.First Quarter. 13 weeks.Second Quarter. 13 weeks.Third Quarter. 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter. 13 weeks.Whole Year, 1878. 52 weeks.
    m.f.m.f.M.f.m.f.m.f.Total Children.
  • Page 51
    Registered Deaths in 52 Weeks of 1878. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub-Districts. (Population, 1871.)First Quarter. 13 weeksSecond Quarter. 13 weeks.Third Quarter. 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter. 13 weeks.Whole Year, 1878. 52 weeks.
    m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.Both Sexes.
  • Page 52
    TABLE IX. The Birth.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub.Districts from 1858 to 1878.
    Sub.Districts.1858.1859.1860.1861.1862.1863.1864.1865.1866.1867.1868.1869.1870.1871.18721873.1874.1875.1876.1877.1878.
  • Page 52
    The Death.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub.Districts from 1858 to 1878.
    Sub.Districts.1858.1859.1860.1861.1862.18631864.1865.1866.1867.1868.1869.1870.1871.1872.1873.1874.1875.1876.1877.1878.