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St Giles (Camden) 1890

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

Published
1891
Pages
118
Tables
65

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    PARISH OF ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS.
    Names.Addressee.Go out of Office in
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    PARISH OF ST. GEORGE, BLOOMSBURY.
    Names.Addresses.Go out of Office in
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    THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE SAINT GILES DISTRICT. ABSTRACT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS of the BOARD for GENERAL PURPOSES, from March 25, 1890, to March 25,1891.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d,PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£8.d.
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    ABSTRACT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS for GENERAL PURPOSES—continued.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£8.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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    Foundling Estate Rate Account.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d£s.d.
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    Brunswick Square Garden Rate Account. •
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.
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    Sewers Rate 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 March 25, 1891.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.£8.d.£s.d.
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    SUMMARY showing the TOTAL RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS of the BOARD for the year ending March 25, 1891—continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Statement of the Assets and Moneys owing to and the Debts and Liabilities of the Board on March 25th, 1891.
    Dr. DEBTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE BOARD.ASSETS AND MONEYS OWING TO THE BOARD. Cr.
    General Purposes Rate Account :£s.d.£8.d.General Purposes Rate Account : Ledger folio£s.d.£s.d.
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    Carriage-ways.
    Situation.Description of Paving.Net Cost.
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    Footways.
    Situation.Description of Paving.Net Cost.
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    The bins now in the Distric number 30, and aresituated as follows:-
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    The total cost of street cleansing for the year 1890-91 was as follows:—
    £s.d.
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    During the hot summer months a small quantity of permanganate of potash was added to the contents of the watering-carts.
    £s.d.
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    LIST OF PUBLIC URINALS IN THE ST. GILES DISTRICT.
    Bainbridge Street5 compartments, fitted with water supply.
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    Contracts. The following Contracts for materials and works have been entered into by the Board, and are now in force:—
    Name and Address of the Contractor.Nature of Contract.Term of Contract.
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    Name and Address of the Contractor.Nature of Contract.Term of Contract.
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    Marriages and Marriage-rate, 347 marriages took place during the year at the parish churches and other buildings in the district licensed for the purpose.
    Name of Building.Denomination.Number of Marriages.
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    The birth-rates, etc., for St. Giles District and the three registration sub-districts are set forth in the following table :—
    Registration Sub-Districts.Population (Census 1881).Births.Ratio of Births to Population.Birthrate per 1,000.Average Birth-rateper 1,000 fur 10 years 1880—89.
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    Deaths and Death-rate.
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    The corrected death-rates, etc., for St. Giles District and the three registration sub-districts are set forth in the following table :—
    Registration Sub-Districts.Population (Census 1881).Registered Deaths (corrected).Ratio of Deaths to Population.Death rate per 1,000Average Death-rate perl,000for 10 years 1880—89.
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    the following hospitals, lunatic asylums, and other public institutions, where they had been removed for treatment :—
    Public Institution.Number of Deaths.Public Institution.Number of Deaths.
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    Tbe following table shows the total admissions and deaths of small-pox, fever and diphtheria patients during the year 1890, from the several metropolitan parishes and unions, into the Isolation Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board:—
    Parishes and Unions.Smallpox.Scarlet.Diphtheria.Typhus.Enteric.Other Diseases.Total Admissions.Total Deaths.Population Census. 1381.
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    The various causes of death returned by the jurours are classified as follows:-
    Causes of Death.St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles-in-the Fields.Whole District.
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    (A.)—Table of Deaths during the Year 1890, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District op St. Giles, Classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. {Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and und er 60.60 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus,Fevers.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleuris.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Enteric or TYhoid.Continued.Relapsing.
    (a).(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
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    The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
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    (B.)—T able of P opulation, B irths, and of new C ases of I nfectious S ickness, coming to the K nowledge of the M edical O fficer of H ealth, during the Y ear 1890, in the M etropolitan S anitary D istrict of S t. G iles, classified according to D iseases, A ges and L ocalities. 1
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institu-ti' nsb ing shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1881.Estimated to middle of 1890.1234567891011121312346678910111213
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.--Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.--
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.RelapsingPuerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)†
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    Area in square feet of Persons to an acre, 98 1. Ground within which the dwelling stands, 63,3G0.
    Block.No. of tenements.Rooms.Total No. of rooms.No. of w.c.'s.No. of water-waste preventing cisterns.No. of sinks and draw-off taps.No. of dust shoots.No. of dust receptacles.Bath room s.Wash-houses.Weekly rental of lettings.
    No. of 1 rooms.No. of 2 rooms.No. of 3 rooms.
    Max.Min.
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    Inhabited by 1,430 people at the following ages:—
    Under 5 years.5 to 20 years.20 to 40 years.40 to 60 years.About 60 years.Total number.
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    The following table, carried forward from last year, shows the several rates for the eight years 1883-90:—
    Great Wild Street Block.1883.1884.1885.1886.1887.1888.1889.1890.Average for einht years 1883-90.
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    THE LITTLE CORAM STREET BLOCK was opened in 1883 and consists of eight blocks, lettered A to H respectively.
    Block.No. of tenements.Rooms.Total No. of rooms.No. of w.c.'s.No. of water-waste preventing cisterns.No. of sinks and draw-off taps.No. of dust shootf.No ot dust receptaclesNo. of wash-houst*.Weekly rental of lettirgs.
    No. of 1 rooms.No. of 2 rooms.No. of 3 rooms
    Max.Min.
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    The following table shows these several rates for the six years 1885-90:—
    Little Coram Street Block.1885.1886.1887.1888.1889.1890.Average for six years 1885-90.
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    I inspected and certified under the 26th Section of the Customs and Inland Revenue Act as to the sanitary condition, etc., of these buildings, consisting of 2 Blocks, viz., Holland Buildings, Nos. 1 to 10 and 11 to 19, and 4 Shops, Thurston Buildings, Nos. 1 to 38, which were opened in 1885.
    Block.No. of tenements.Rooms.Total No. of rooms.No. of w.c.'s.No. of flushing boxes.No. of a raw-off taps..No. of dust shoots.No. of dust receptacles.Sheds for baskets & barrows.Weekly Rental of Lettiugs.
    No. of rooms,.No. of 2 rooms.No. ot 3 rooms,
    Max.Min.
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    Proceedings taken in St. Giles District under the Abtizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Acts SINCE 1872,
    Date of Order for Works.Number of Houses.Name of Street or Place.Houses pulled downSites taken for Building.Places uponI which no houses have been built.Mouses in wnion structural altera-tions and improvements were carried outPremises closed.
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    Owing to the demolition in the Shelton Street area and other places this number has been reduced to 497, of which 81 are in the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury, and 416 in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields
    Locality.No. of Houses.Locality.No. of Houses
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    Inspector Blatchford and Sergeant Sergeant of the Bow Street E Sub-division are the officers appointed to inspect the houses in this district.
    Street or Place.No. of Lodgers allowed.Owner.Street or Pl?ce.No. of Lodgers allowed.Owner.
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    53 underground rooms or kitchens, lound to be illegally occupied as sleeping places, were closed or re-constructed so as to comply with the measurements required by the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855.
    Locality.No. of Kooms.Present Condition.
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    Locality.No. of Kooms.Present Condition.
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    The following is a List of the Clothing, Bedding and other Articles brought from the infected Houses and Baked in the Hot-air Chamber at the Stone Yard.
    Articles.NumberArticles.NumberArticles.Number
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    Licensed Slaughter-houses.
    Locality.Licensee.
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    Licensed Cow-sheds.
    Locality.Dimensions of Shed.No. of Cows allowed.No. of Cows found on premises on date of inspectionLicensee.
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    ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS.
    Premises.Owner.
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    ST. GEORGE, BLOOMSBURY.
    Premises.Owner.
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    TABLE I. Showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths for the Year 1890, and Ten Years Preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.
    The Year.Estimated population.Number of Inhabited Houses.Marriages.Registered Births.Corrected Deaths.
    Total all ages.Under one year.Total under five years.In public Institutions outside the District.In public Institutions inside the District
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    TABLE II. Showing the Annual Birth-rate, Death-rate, Death-rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1890, and Ten Years Preceding.
    In Year.Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1,000 of total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions inside the District per 1,000 of total Deaths.
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    TABLE III.—Deaths Registered from all Causes in the Year 1890 (inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Hospitals and Public Institutions outside the District).
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.SUB-DISTRICTS.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 60.60 and upwards.St. George Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
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    TABLE III.— continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.SUB-DISTRICTS.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 60.60 and upwards.St. George Blooms-bury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
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    SUMMARY OF TABLE III.
    Number of Deaths.
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    TABLE IV. Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1890 from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population at all ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths at all ages.
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    TABLE V. Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1880 to 1889, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases, and the Number in 1890, etc.
    Disease.1880188118821883188418851886188718881889Annual average of 10 years, 1880 to 1889.Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1880 to 1889.1890Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1890.
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    TABLE VI. Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1890, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.
    Nature of Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
    St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
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    TABLE VII. The Marriage-bate per 1,000 in St. Giles District from 1877 to 1890.
    Sub-Districts.18771878187918801881188218831884188518861887188818891890
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    The Birth-rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub-Districts from 1873 to 1890.
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    The Death-rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub-Districts from 1873 to 1890.
    Sub-Districts.187318741875187618771878187918801881188218831884188518861887188818891890
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    TABLE VIII. Registered Births in 53 Weeks of 1890. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub-Districts.First Quarter. 13 weeks.Second Quarter. 13 werks.Third Quarter. 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter. 14 weeks.Whole Year, 1890. 53 weeks.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.MF.Total Children.
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    Registered Deaths in 53 Weeks of 1890. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub-Districts.First Quarter. 13 weeks.Second Quarter. 13 weeks.Third Quarter. 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter. 14 weeks.Whole Year, 1890. 53 weeks.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Both Sexes
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    TABLE IX. Showing the Localities in which fatal Cases of the Principal Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1890.
    Locality.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping- cough.Diphtheria.Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
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    TABLE IX.—continued.
    Locality.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Fever.Diar-rhœa.Total.
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    TABLE X. Comparative Analysis of the Vital Statistics in all London and in St. Giles District in 1890.
    —Population.No. of Houses (Census 1881).No. of MarriagesMarriage rate per 1,000.No. of Births.Birth rate per 1,000.No. of Deaths.Death rate per 1,000.Excess of Births over Deaths.Zymotic Death rate.Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births Registered.