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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camden) 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 29.4 | 24.6 | 23.3 | 15.8 | 37.5 | 162 | 236 |
| 1880 | 25.3 | 23.7 | 23.3 | 17.3 | 43.9 | 205 | 179 |
| 1879 | 27.9 | 22.5 | 21.9 | 15.0 | 38.2 | 135 | 223 |
| 1878 | 27.0 | 21.8 | 24.54 | 19.77 | 40.0 | 130 | 208 |
| 1877 | 28.28 | 23.28 | 23.32 | 18.46 | 39.46 | 158 | 175 |
| 1876 | 28.0 | 22.30 | 23.32 | 18.57 | 39.42 | 154 | 248 |
| 1875 | 28.80 | 23.63 | 22.88 | 18.77 | 39.27 | 141 | 182 |
| 1874 | 29.23 | 25.68 | 21.20 | 18.63 | 36.73 | 175 | 50 |
| 1873 | 32.5 | 23.90 | 24.59 | 19.5 | 40.0 | 146 | 18 |
| 1872 | 29.9 | 23.77 | 25.02 | 20.0 | 40.61 | 136 | 25 |
| 1871 | 28.6 | 25.6 | 22.91 | 20.8 | 38.65 | 132 | 9 |
| Average of 10 years—1871 to 1880 | 28.4 | 23.5 | 23.2 | 18.6 | 39.6 | 151 | 131 |