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St Giles (Camden) 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Of the total deaths in London last year nearly twentyseven
per cent. took place in public institutions, about one
in every seven deaths occurred in a workhouse or workhouse
infirmary, one in every fifty-three in a metropolitan
asylum hospital, one in every eleven in some other hospital,
and one in every fifty in a public lunatic or imbecile asylum
(annual summary of the Registrar-General).
Artizans Dwellings.
1.—Buildings belonging to the Peabody Donation Fund,
General Office, 64, Queen Street, E.C.
A.—THE GREAT WILD STREET BLOCK.
Superintendent, Mr. Manship
The Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death-rates for 1895, the twelve previous years, and the average for the last fivt years, 1890-1894, are shown in the following table:—
| Great Wild Street Block. | 1883. | 1981. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | Average for 5 yrs. 1890-91. | 1895. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-rate | 46.4 | 46.0 | 53.8 | 43.8 | 44.3 | 41.4 | 46.6 | 39.8 | 38.2 | 39.5 | 35.3 | 39.3 | 38.4 | 41.2 |
| Death-rate | 32.2 | 22.6 | 24.0 | 21.5 | 15.7 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 15.3 | 18.4 | 18.7 | 17.2 | 18.4 | 17.6 | 12.7 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 7.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.7 |
The number of residents in the 13 blocks is 1,407
persons, 1,145 adults, and 262 children under 5 years
of age.
During the year there were 58 births, equal to the