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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) 1893
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1894
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Births and Birth-rate.
| Registration Sub-Distkicts. | Population (Census 1891). | Number of Births. | Ratio of Births to Population. | Birthrate per 1,000. | Average Birth-rate per 1,000 for 10 years 1883—92. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 16,695 | 295 | 1 in 56.5 | 17.6 | 21.2 |
| St. Giles, South | 13,450 | 555 | 1 in 24.2 | 41.2 | 41.7 |
| St. Giles, North | 9,633 | 244 | 1 in 39.4 | 25.3 | 22.0 |
| Whole District | 39,778 | 1,094 | 1 in 36.3 | 27.4 | 28.3 |
According to the corrected returns of the Census, 1891,
lately published, the registered births in St Giles District
in the years 1881-90 were 13,460, and 4,519 in excess of
the registered deaths.
During the year 1893 there were 1,094 births registered,
569 males and 525 females, being 168 births in excess of the
registered corrected deaths.
There was one birth to every 36.3 inhabitants, and the
annual birth-rate was equal to 27.4 per 1,000; 0.9 per 1,000
lower than the rate for 1892, and the 10 years average.
The birth-rate for St. George, Bloomsbury, is again a
declining one, being 2.0 per 1,000 lower than the preceding
year.
The high birth-rate, 417 per 1,000 for the parish of St.
Giles-in-the-Fields, is nearly double that of Bloomsbury.
In Registration London the estimated population in the
middle of 1893 was 4,306,411. The number of births
during the year was 132,965, corresponding to an annual
birth-rate of 31.0 per 1,000.