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St Giles (Camden) 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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This birth.rate is 1.0 above the decennial average, and
is the highest since the year 1874.
The birth.rate for London was at the rate of 34.7 per
1,000 persons living.
This rate (the lowest since 1871), was 5.3 higher than the
rate for this District.
The birth.rate for England and Wales was equal to 33.9
per 1,000.
Deaths and Death.rate.
During the year there were 1,008 deaths in the District,
553 males and 455 females.
The deaths registered in the three Sub.Districts were:—.
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 224 |
| St. Giles, South | 513 |
| St. Giles, North | 271 |
| Whole District | 1,008 |
To obtain an actual death.rate, the following 56 deaths
of non-parishioners must be deducted; viz., 44 from the
Workhouse, Broad Street (24 belonging, by previous residence,
to the Strand Union, and 20 to miscellaneous
parishes), 8 from the British Lying.in Hospital, Endell
Street, and 4 from the Infants' Home, 35, Great Coram
Street; and the deaths of 162 parishioners must be added,
who died in the public hospitals and institutions situated
out of the District.
The alterations are shown in the following tables:—