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St Giles (Camden) 1893

Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1894

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75
Artizans' Dwellings,
I.—Buildings belonging to the Peabody Donation Fund.
General Office, 64, Queen Street, E.G.
A.—THE GREAT WILD STREET BLOCK.
Superintendent, Mr. Mansbip.

Table: The Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death-rates for 1893, the 10 previous years, and the decennial average for 1883-92, are shown in the following table:—

The Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death-rates for 1893, the 10 previous years, and the decennial average for 1883-92, are shown in the following table:—

Great Wild Striet Block.1883.1884.1885.1886.1887.1888.18891890.1891.1892.Average for 10 yrs. 1883-92.1893.
Birth-rate46.446.053.843.841.441.446.639.838.239.543.935.3
Death-rate32.222.624.021.515.714.716.015.318.418.719.917.2
Zymotic Death-rate7.04.74.18.36.11.44.83.42'84.34.62.1

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This building consists of 13 blocks, tenanted by 1,388
persons, viz., 1,141 adults, and 247 children under 5 years
of age.
There were 49 births in the year, corresponding to a
birth-rate of 35.3 per 1,000; and 24 deaths, equal to a
death-rate of 17'2 per 1,000.
6 of the deaths were those of young children, and 3 were
deaths from Zymotic diseases, viz., 2 diphtheria, and 1
scarlet fever.
9 deaths occurred in hospitals where the patients had
been removed for treatment.