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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) 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Births and Birth-rates.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Population (Census, 1891). | Number of Births. | Ratio of Births to Population | Birth-rate per 1,000. | Average Birth-rate per 1,000 for ten years, 1885-1894. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 16,695 | 323 | 1 in 51.6 | 19.3 | 20.5 |
| St. Giles, South | 13,450 | 572 | 1 in 23.5 | 42.5 | 41.1 |
| St. Giles, North | 9,633 | 225 | 1 in 42.8 | 23.3 | 21.5 |
| St. Giles District | 39,778 | 1,120 | 1 in 35.5 | 28.1 | 27.4 |
The number of births registered during the year was
1,120, of these 538 were males and 582 females.
The registered births were 269 in excess of the
corrected registered deaths.
There was one birth to 35'5 inhabitants.
The annual birth-rate of the District was equal to 28.1
per 1,000, being 1.3 per 1,000 above the average birth-rate
per 1,000 for the ten years 1885-1894.
Again the same high birth-rate (42.5) prevailed in St.
Giles, South, the chief contributor being the Peabody
Buildings, Great Wild Street, where the birth-rate was
41.2 per 1,000.
According to the quarterly returns furnished by the
Local Registrars, 921,860 births were registered in England
and Wales during the year 1895; the natural increase of
population by excess of births over deaths was 353,102,
the average annual increase in the five preceding years
having been 341,501.
The birth-rate in England and Wales was 30.3 per
1,000.
In Registration London the number of births was
133,715 and the birth rate 30.5 per 1,000.
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