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St Giles (Camden) 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Death-rate in St. Giles and its Sub-Districts in 1882, and the Ratio of Deaths to Population, &c.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Estimated Population. | Deaths (Corrected). | Ratio of Deaths to Population. | Rate per 1,000. | Average Death-rate for 10 years 1872-81. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 16,662 | * | 1 in 68.0 | 14.7 | 18.0 |
| St. Giles, South | 16,337 | * | 1 in 31.6 | 31.5 | 27.8 |
| St. Giles, North | 13,733 | * | 1 in 55.1 | 18.1 | 23.0 |
| Whole District | 46,732 | 1,123 | 1 in 41.6 | 24.0 | 23.4 |
The death-rate for the whole parish of St. George,
Bloomsbury, is 14.7 per 1,000.
The death-rate for the whole parish of St. Giles in the
Fields is 25*4 per 1,000.
The death-rate for the whole District is equivalent to
24'0 per 1,000, but if the deaths of parishioners who died
in hospitals out of the District had not been added to the
registered deaths, the death-rate would have been as low
as 21*6 per 1,000, nearly identical with that of the whole
Metropolis.
I have carefully tabulated the deaths of parishioners who
died in hospitals out of the district from the official books
and records, as follows:—
*It is impossible to apportion the corrected deaths in the Sub-Districts,
therefore the death-rates, &c., are calculated from the number of registered
deaths,