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St Giles (Camden) 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Workhouse, and the British Lying-in Hospital, public
institutions situated inside the District.
The different corrections will be found in the following table.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Population (Census 1896). | Registered Deaths. | Deaths (corrected). | Ratio of Deaths to Population | Death-rate per 1,000. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 16,110 | 158 | 217 | 1 in 74.2 | 13.4 |
| St. Giles, South | 12,976 | 314 | 371 | 1 in 34.9 | 28.5 |
| St. Giles, North | 9,151 | 154 | 158 | 1 in 57.9 | 17.2 |
| St. Giles District | 38,237 | 626 | 746 | 1 in 51.2 | 19.5 |
746 gives one death in 51.2 of the population, and is
equal to an annual death-rate of 19.5 per 1,000, being 1.9
higher than the rate for the preceding year, and 1.6 below
the decennial average.
The death-rate of the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields
was 23.9, being 10.5 higher than the rate for the parish
of St. George, Bloomsbury.
In England and Wales the 552,040 registered deaths
corresponded to an annual death-rate of 17.6 per 1,000,
which, compared with the average in the ten years 1888-97,
shows a decrease of 0.8 per 1,000.
In all London the registered deaths were 83,936, equal
to an annual death-rate of 18.7 per 1,000 of the population,
the average death-rate in the previous ten years having
been 19.7.