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St Giles (Camden) 1893
Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1894
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The average weekly earnings of the head of each family
was £1 3s. 7½d.; the average rent of each dwelling was
4s. 9¼d. per week, and of each room, 2s. l¾d.
The birth rate for the year was 35.1 per 1,000, the
death-rate was 17.6 per 1,000. The infant mortality was
126.4 in each 1,000 births.
II.—Buildings belonging to the Incorporated Society for
Improving the Condition of the Working Classes.
Office, 8, Southampton Row, W.C.
A.—THE MODEL HOUSES, STREATHAM STREET.
Superintendent, Mr. Sayers.
Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death-rates for 1893, the seven preceding years, and the average for five years, 1888-1892.
| Streatham Street Block. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | Average for five years 1888-92. | 1893. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-rate | 18.5 | 21.7 | 30.0 | 26.0 | 9.2 | 22.9 | 29.1 | 23.4 | 25.5 |
| Death-rate | 23.1 | 260 | 8.5 | 13.0 | 18.4 | 220 | 9.7 | 14.3 | 18.3 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 4.6 | — | _ | _ | 4.6 | _ | _ | 0.9 | 6.1 |
This block is occupied by 196 persons, viz., 130 adults
and 66 children.
There were 5 births during the year, equal to a birthrate
of 25.5 per 1,000; and 3 deaths, equal to a death-rate
of 18.3 per 1,000.
There was one zymotic death, viz., a child aged 4 years
died of scarlet lever, in the North Western Fever Hospital.