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

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THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.

Names.	Offices.	Addresses.	Salaries.
Names.	Offices.	Addresses.	£.	s.	d.

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The following are the amounts paid by this District to the Metropolitan Board of Works for the last fourteen years:—

Year	Amount.
Year	£	s.	d.

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The amounts paid to the London School Board since it was constituted are as follow:—

Years.	Amount.
Years.	£	s.	d.

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THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE SAINT GILES DISTRICT. ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF THE ABOVE BOARD FOR GENERAL PURPOSES, FROM 25th MARCH, 1881, TO 25th MARCH, 1882.

RECEIPTS.	Ledger folio.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	PAYMENTS.	Ledger folio.	£	•S.	d.	£	s.	d.

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ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL PURPOSES.— continued.

	£	s.	d.		Ledger folio	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL PURPOSES— continued.

	£	s.	d.		Ledger folio	£.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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The Foundling Estate Account.

RECEIPTS.	Ledger folio.	£	s.	d.	PAYMENTS.	Ledger folio.	£	s.	d.

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Coal Yard and Goldsmith's Alley Improvement Account.

RECEIPTS.	Ledger folio.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	PAYMENTS.	Ledger folio.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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SUMMARY SHOWING THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF THE BOARD FOR THE YEAR ENDING 25th MARCH, 1882,

	£.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.	£.	s.	d.

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SUMMARY SHOWING TOTAL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS

				£	s.	d.	£.	s.	d.

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FOR THE YEAR ENDING 25th MARCH, 1882 —continued.

				£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS AND MONEYS OWING TO, AND THE DEBTS AND LIABILITIES OWING BY THE BOARD ON THE 25th MARCH, 1882.

Dr. DEBTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE BOARD.								ASSETS AND MONEYS OWING TO THE BOARD. Cr.

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Carriage-way Pavings.

Situation.	Description of Paving.		Net cost.

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Footway Pavings.

Situation.	Description of Paving.		Net cost.

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New Sewers. The following lengths of new Sewers were constructed during the year:—

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The water used for this purpose (including that used for street washing) was 4,166,000 gallons.

	£	s.	d.

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The total cost of the street cleansing for the year ending 25th March, 1882, was as follows:—

	£	s.	d.

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LIST OF PUBLIC URINALS IN THE ST. GILES DISTRICT.

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Name and Address of the Contractor.		Nature of Contract.	Term of Contract.

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* From the Annual Summary of the Registrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.

"1881.

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The population in the three Sub-Districts into which St. Giles is divided was, according to the census returns of 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881, as follows:—

Sub-Districts.	1851.	1861.	1871.	1881.

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Marriages and Marriage-rate. During 1881 there were 353 marriages in the District, a decrease of 47 from the preceding year:—

Name of Building.	Denomination.	Number o£ Marriages.

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The births registered in the Sub.Districts were :—

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Birth.rate in St. Giles and its Sub.Districts in 1881, and tiie Rates of Births to Population, etc.

Registration Sub.Districts.	Population	Births.	Ratio of Births to Population.	Rate per 1,000	Average Birth.rate per 1,000 for 10 years 1871.80.

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The deaths registered in the three Sub.Districts were:—.

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Number of Deaths of Parishioners belonging to St. Giles District in Public Institutions situate out of the District.

	Hospitals and Institutions belonging to Metropolitan Asylum District Board.				Hospitals of the Metropolitan Sick Asylum Board.		Edmonton Infirmary.	Non. pauper Hospitals for Infectious Diseases.		General Hospitals.					Total.
Registration sub-Districts.	Fulham.	Stockwell	Darenth.	Caterham.	Cleveland Street.	Highgate.	Edmonton Infirmary.	London Small Pox, Highgate.	London Fever, Liverpool Road.	University College.	Royal Free.	King's College.	Charing Cross.	Middlesex.	Total.

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Death.rate in St. Giles, and its Sub.Districts in 1881, and the Ratio of Deaths to Population, &c.

Registration Sub.Districts.	Population (Census 1881).	Deaths (Corrected).	Ratio of Deaths to Population.	Rate per 1,000.	Average Death.rate for 10 years 1871.80.

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The Number of New Cases treated at the Bloomsbury Dispensary, 1881.

	Physician's Cases.			Surgeon's Cases.			Casualties about	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.

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Inquests. 72 inquests were held. 11 of the deaths occurred in St. George, Bloomsbury ; 36 in St. Giles South (which includes the Workhouse) ; and 25 in St. Giles North. Of these, 47 died from natural causes, 13 from accidental causes, 8 from suicide, and 4 from wilful causes.

Cause of Death.			St. George, Bloomsbury.	St. Giles South.	St. Giles North.	Whole District.

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The following Tabulated Summary, showing the number of small.pox cases in St. Giles District during the epidemics of 1871.2, and that of 1876.7.8.9 1880.1, may be of interest.

Year.	Total Cases.	Removals to Hospitals.							Cases under Medical Treatment at the Patients' own homes.	Deaths at Hospitals.			Deaths at Home.	Total Deaths.
		Hospitals of Asylum Board.				Non. pauper Hospitals.		Total Removals to Hospitals.		Hampstead.	Stockwell.	Fulham.
		Hampstead.	Stockwell.	Fulham.	Deptford.	London Small.Pox Highgate.	King's College.	Total Removals to Hospitals.		Hampstead.	Stockwell.	Fulham.

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Sanitary Committee, and which works were supervised by your Surveyor:—

Slaughter.houses.	Licenses.

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TABLE I. Estimated Population, 1881, 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.

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TABLE II. Showing Birth and Death Rate, Deaths of Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions, 1881, 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.

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TABLE III. D eaths R egistered from all C auses during the Y ear 1881. (T he D eaths in P ublic I nstitutions of N on.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.	Grand Total.	Sub.Districts.
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.	Grand Total.	St. George, Bloomsbury.	St. Giles, South.	St. Giles, North.

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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.	Grand Total.	Sub.Districts.
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.	Grand Total.	St. George, Bloomsbury.	St. Giles, South.	St. Giles, North.

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Table IV. Showing Mortality from certain Classes of Diseases and Proportions to Population and to 1,000 Deaths, 1881, viz.:—

Diseases.	Total Deaths.	Deaths per 1,000 of Population.	Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths.

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TABLE Y. Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1871 to 1880, from the SeVen Principal Zymotic Diseases, and the Number in 1881, etc.

Disease.	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	Annual Average of 10 years 1871 to 1880.	Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1871 to 1880.	1881	Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1881.

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Report of the Sanitary Works, &c., in 1881, carried out under the Superintendence of the Sanitary Inspectors.

Nature of Works.			Sub-Districts.			Total.
Nature of Works.			St. George, Blooms-bury.	St. Giles, North.	St. Giles, South.	Total.

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TABLE VII. Disinfecting Chamber. Showing the List of Articles disinfected in the Hot-air Chamber during the year 1881.

Articles.	Number.	Articles.	Number.

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TABLE VIII.

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Table IX. Registered Births in 52 Weeks of 1881. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.

Sub-Districts.	First Quarter. 13 weeks.		Second Quarter. 13 weeks.		Third Quarter. 13 weeks.		Fourth Quarter. 13 weeks.		Whole Year, 1881. 52 weeks.
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	Total Children.

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Registered Deaths in 52 Weeks of 1881. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.

Sub-Districts. (Population, 1871.)	First Quarter. 13 weeks.		Second Quarter. 13 weeks.		Third Quarter. 13 weeks.		Fourth Quarter. 13 weeks.		Whole Year, 1881. 52 weeks.
Sub-Districts. (Population, 1871.)	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	Both Sexes.

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TABLE X. The Marriage.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District from 1875 to 1881.

Sub.Districts.	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881

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The .Birth.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub.Districts from 1858 to 1881.

Sub.Districts.	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881

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The Death-rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub.Districts from 1858 to 1881.

Sub.Districts.	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881

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TABLE XI. Return respecting Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered during the Year. (For the period from July 1, 1880, to June 30, 1881.

Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.	Number 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.	Column 11.		Col. 13.	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 not accounted for in either of the foregoing Columns.
		Successfully Vaccinated.	Insusceptible of Successful Vaccination.	Had Small-Pox.	Dead. Unvaccinatcd.	Postponement by Medical Certificate.			Cases not accounted for in either of the foregoing Columns.
1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10

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Showing the list of Registered Common Lodging Houses in St. Giles District, with the number of inmates allowed in each. The whole of these houses are under the supervision of Inspecting-Sergeant James Mallett, Police Station, Albany Street, N.W.

No. of House.	Street or Place.	No. of Lodgers allowed.	No. of House.	Street or Place.	No. of Lodgers allowed.

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THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.

The following are the amounts paid by this District to the Metropolitan Board of Works for the last fourteen years:—

The amounts paid to the London School Board since it was constituted are as follow:—

THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE SAINT GILES DISTRICT. ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF THE ABOVE BOARD FOR GENERAL PURPOSES, FROM 25th MARCH, 1881, TO 25th MARCH, 1882.

ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL PURPOSES.— continued.

ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL PURPOSES— continued.

The Foundling Estate Account.

Coal Yard and Goldsmith's Alley Improvement Account.

SUMMARY SHOWING THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF THE BOARD FOR THE YEAR ENDING 25th MARCH, 1882,

SUMMARY SHOWING TOTAL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 25th MARCH, 1882 —continued.

STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS AND MONEYS OWING TO, AND THE DEBTS AND LIABILITIES OWING BY THE BOARD ON THE 25th MARCH, 1882.

Carriage-way Pavings.

Footway Pavings.

New Sewers. The following lengths of new Sewers were constructed during the year:—

The water used for this purpose (including that used for street washing) was 4,166,000 gallons.

The total cost of the street cleansing for the year ending 25th March, 1882, was as follows:—

LIST OF PUBLIC URINALS IN THE ST. GILES DISTRICT.

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* From the Annual Summary of the Registrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.

The population in the three Sub-Districts into which St. Giles is divided was, according to the census returns of 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881, as follows:—

Marriages and Marriage-rate. During 1881 there were 353 marriages in the District, a decrease of 47 from the preceding year:—

The births registered in the Sub.Districts were :—

Birth.rate in St. Giles and its Sub.Districts in 1881, and tiie Rates of Births to Population, etc.

The deaths registered in the three Sub.Districts were:—.

Number of Deaths of Parishioners belonging to St. Giles District in Public Institutions situate out of the District.

Death.rate in St. Giles, and its Sub.Districts in 1881, and the Ratio of Deaths to Population, &amp;c.

The Number of New Cases treated at the Bloomsbury Dispensary, 1881.

Inquests. 72 inquests were held. 11 of the deaths occurred in St. George, Bloomsbury ; 36 in St. Giles South (which includes the Workhouse) ; and 25 in St. Giles North. Of these, 47 died from natural causes, 13 from accidental causes, 8 from suicide, and 4 from wilful causes.

The following Tabulated Summary, showing the number of small.pox cases in St. Giles District during the epidemics of 1871.2, and that of 1876.7.8.9 1880.1, may be of interest.

Sanitary Committee, and which works were supervised by your Surveyor:—

TABLE I. Estimated Population, 1881, at the Middle of the Year, and in Ten previous Years; Number of Inhabited Houses; Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Gross Numbers).

TABLE II. Showing Birth and Death Rate, Deaths of Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions, 1881, and Ten previous Years.

TABLE III. D eaths R egistered from all C auses during the Y ear 1881. (T he D eaths in P ublic I nstitutions of N on.residents being excluded.)

TABLE III— continued.

Table IV. Showing Mortality from certain Classes of Diseases and Proportions to Population and to 1,000 Deaths, 1881, viz.:—

TABLE Y. Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1871 to 1880, from the SeVen Principal Zymotic Diseases, and the Number in 1881, etc.

Report of the Sanitary Works, &amp;c., in 1881, carried out under the Superintendence of the Sanitary Inspectors.

TABLE VII. Disinfecting Chamber. Showing the List of Articles disinfected in the Hot-air Chamber during the year 1881.

TABLE VIII.

Table IX. Registered Births in 52 Weeks of 1881. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.

Registered Deaths in 52 Weeks of 1881. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.

TABLE X. The Marriage.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District from 1875 to 1881.

The .Birth.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub.Districts from 1858 to 1881.

The Death-rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub.Districts from 1858 to 1881.

TABLE XI. Return respecting Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered during the Year. (For the period from July 1, 1880, to June 30, 1881.

Showing the list of Registered Common Lodging Houses in St. Giles District, with the number of inmates allowed in each. The whole of these houses are under the supervision of Inspecting-Sergeant James Mallett, Police Station, Albany Street, N.W.

Death.rate in St. Giles, and its Sub.Districts in 1881, and the Ratio of Deaths to Population, &c.

Report of the Sanitary Works, &c., in 1881, carried out under the Superintendence of the Sanitary Inspectors.