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St Giles (Camden) 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Births and Birth-rate,
During the past year 1,538 children, 778 males, and 760
females, were born in the District. Of these 1,181 belonged
to the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and 357 to the
parish of St. George, Bloomsbury.
The births registered in the three Sub-Districts were:—
St. George, Bloomsbury 357
St. Giles, South 782
St. Giles, North 399
Whole district 1,538
equivalent to a birth-rate of 32.9 per 1000.
But this birth-rate must be corrected by deducting 166
births—children of non-parishioners—148 born at the
British Lying-in Hospital, and 18 at the workhouse.
This deduction affects the registration Sub-District of
South St. Giles, as well as the whole District, and the
corrected numbers give a birth-rate of 29'7 per 1000, as
will be seen by the following table:—
Birth-rate in St. Giles and its Sub-Districts in 1882, and the Ratio of Births to Population, etc.
| Registration Sob-Districts. | Estimated Population. | Births (corrected.) | Patio of Births to Population. | Pate per 1,000. | Average Birth-rate per 1,000 for 10 years 1872-81. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury. | 16,662 | 357 | 1 in 46.6 | 21.4 | 24.8 |
| St.. Giles, South | 16,337 | 616 | 1 in 26.5 | 37.7 | 30.8 |
| St. Giles, North | 13,733 | 399 | 1 in 34.4 | 29.0 | 29.3 |
| Whole District | 46,732 | 1,372 | 1 in 34.0 | 29.7 | 28.6 |