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St Giles (Camden) 1896

Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897

Published
1897
Author
Lovett, S. R.
Pages
136
Tables
77

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    PARISH OF ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS.
    Names.Addresses.Go out of Office in
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    PARISH OF ST. GEORGE. BLOOMSBURY.
    Names.Addresses.Go out of Office in
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    COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE For the years ending 25 th March, 1896, and 25th March, 1897.
    INCOME.Year ending 25th March, 1896.Year ending 25th March, 1897.
    From Rates :£s.d.£s.d.
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    Comparative Statement of Income and Expenditure— continued.
    EXPENDITURE.Year ending 25th March, 1896.Year ending 26th March, 1897.
    Expenditure of this Board :£s.d.£s.d.
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    Under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, 16 representations were made by the Medical Officer of Health, and the necessary steps taken, with a view to closing the premises. The following are the particulars:—
    Locality.Present Condition of Premises.
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    Abstract of Receipts and Payments of the Board for General
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Purposes from 25th March, 1896, to 25th March, 1897.
    PAYMENTS.Ledger Folio.£d.£s.d.
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    Abstract of Receipts and Payments for General Purposes-continued.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Abstract of Receipts and Payments for General Purposes-continued.
    Ledger folio.£a.d.£s.d.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Abstract of Receipts and Payments for General Purposes—continued.
    Ledger folio.£s,. d.£s.d.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Foundling Estate
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£8.d.
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    Brunswick Square Garden
    RECEIPTS.Ledge folio.£sd.£s.d.
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    Rate Account.
    PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£B.d.
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    Rate Account.
    PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Sewer
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s,. d.£s.d.
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    Rate Account.
    PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Sewer Rate
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    Account—continued.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Summary showing the Total Receipts and Payments of the Board for the year ending 25th March, 1897.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Continued from previous page...
    PAYMENTS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Summary showing the Total Receipts and Payments of the Board for the year ending 25th March.— continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Continued from previous page...
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Statement of the Assets and Moneys owing to the Board, and the Debts and Liabilities of the Board on the 25th March, 1897.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Statement of Loans Outstanding.
    Purpose of Loan.Date of Original Borrowing.Period of Repayment.Original Amount Borrowed.Balance Outstanding.Mode of Repayment.
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    Pavings. Carriage-ways.
    Situation.Description of Paving.Net cost.
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    Footways.
    Situation.Deaoription of Paying.Net cost.
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    The following Contracts for materials and works have been entered into by the Board, and are now in force:—
    Name and Address of the Contractor.Nature of Contract.Term of Contract.
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    In the following table will be found a list of the articles analysed, showing how many have been examined during each quarter of the year:—
    ARTICLE.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.Grand Total.
    Gen.Adult.Gen.A.dult.Gen.Adult.Gen.Adult.Gen.Adult.
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    It will be observed that 57 of the samples have been certified to be adulterated—exactly 15.2 per cent. For comparison the results of the four previous years are here given:—
    Year.No. of Samples examined.No. Adulterated.Percentage of Adulterations.
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    The nature and amount of the adulteration in each case is as follows:—
    No. of Sample.Nature and Amount of Adulteration.
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    Continued from previous page...
    No. of Sample.Nature and Amount of Adulteration.
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    Acres to a Person.
    1841-50.1851-60.1861-70.1871-80.1881-90.
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    The enumerated population of the St. Giles District (Census 1896) is stated to be 38,237, a decrease of 14,462 persons between 1851 and 1896, as is shown in the following table:—
    Registration Sub-Districts.185118611871.1881.1891.1896.Decrease of Population between 1851 and 1896.
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    Meteorological observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, under the superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.
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    Marriages and Marriage-rate.
    1896.Population (Census 1896).Number of Marriages.Marriage- rate per 1,000.Average Marriage-rate per 1,000 for ten years, 1886-1895.
    St. Giles District38,23740821.316.2
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    Births and Birth-rates.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Population (Census 1896).Number of Births.Ratio of Births to PopulationBirth - rate per 1,000.Average Birth-rate per 1,000 for ten years, 1886-1895.
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    Deaths and Death-rates.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Population (Census 1896).Registered Deaths.Deaths (corrected).Ratio of Deaths to PopulationDeath-rate per 1,000.Average Death-rate per 1,000, 1886-1895.
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    The deaths registered in St. Giles District during the year were:—
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    With these corrections the deaths for the three registration Sub-districts were :—
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    Annual Mortality. (Deaths to 1,000 living.)
    1841-501851-601861-701871-801881-90
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    The number of deaths which occurred during the year amongst the inmates was:—
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    The deaths occurred at the following institutions, viz.:—
    Public Institution.Number of Deaths.Public Institution.Number of Deaths.
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    The Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death-rates for 1896, the ten previous years, and the decennial average for 1886-95 are shown in the following table:—
    Great Wild Street Block.1886.1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.Average for 10 yrs. 1886-95.1896.
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    The Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death-rates for 1896, and the ten previous years, and the decennial average for 1886-95, are shown in the following table:—
    Little Coram Street Block.1886.1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.Average for 10 yrs. 1886 - 95.1896.
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    The Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death-rates for 1896 and the ten previous years, and the decennial average for 1886-95, are shown in the following table:—
    Streatham Street Bdgs.1886.1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.Average for 10 yrs. 1886-1895.1896.
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    The following table shows the Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death-rates for 1896, the nine previous years, and the average for the last nine years, 1887-1895.
    Thurstan and Holland Bdgs1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.Average for 9 years 1887-1895.1896.
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    The following articles were brought to the Stone Yard and disinfected in the Washington Lyon's Steam apparatus:—
    Articles.NumberArticles.NumberArticles.Number
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    IV.— Sudden and Violent Deaths. Inquests.
    Causes of Death.St. George, Blooms-bury.St. Giles-in-the-Fields.Total.
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    Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. (53 & 54 Vict., cap. 70.) During 1886, the following properties were dealt with under this Act.
    Locality.Present Condition of Premises.
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    The following 523 houses in the St. Giles District are registered under these regulations.
    Locality.No. of Houses.Locality.No. of Houses.
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    The following is a return of the Registered Common Lodging-Houses in this District:—
    Situation of Common Lodging House.Name of Keeper.Residence of Keeper.Authorised Number of Lodgers.
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    ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS.
    Premises.Owner.
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    ST. GEORGE, BLOOMSBURY.
    Premises.Owner.
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    At the same meeting of the Committee of the London County Council the licence was renewed for the undermentioned Cow-shed:—
    Locality.Licensee.Dimensions of Shed.No. of Cows Allowed.No. of Cows now in Shed.
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    TABLE I. Showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths for the Tear 1896, and Ten Years Preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.
    The Year.Population.Number of Inhabited Houses.Marriages.Registered Births.Total all ages.Under one year.Total under five years.In Public. Institutions outside the District.In Public Institutions inside the District.
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    TABLE II. Showing the Annual Birth-rate, Death-rate, Death-rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1896 and Ten Years Preceding.
    In Year.Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1,000 of total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions inside the District per 1,000 of total Deaths.
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    TABLE IIT.—Deaths Registered from all Causes in the Year 1896 (inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Hospitals and Public Institutions outside the District).
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.SUB-DISTRICTS.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.St. George, Blooms-bury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
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    TABLE III.— continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.SUB-DISTRICTS.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.St. George, Boomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
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    TABLE IV. Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1896 from certain groups of Diseases, and profortions to 1,000 of Pofulation, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and profortions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Pofulation at all Ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths at all Ages.
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    TABLE V. Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years , 1886 to 1895, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases, and the Number in 1896, etc.
    Disease.1886188718881889189018911892189318941895Annual average of ten years 1886 to 1895.Profortion of deaths to 1,000 deaths 1886 to 1895.1896Profortion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1896.
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    TABLE VI. Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1896, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.
    Nature of Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
    St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
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    TABLE VI. Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1896, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.
    Nature of Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
    St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
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    TABLE VII. (A.)—Table of Deaths during the Year 1896, in the Metrofolitan Sanitary District of St. Giles, Classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adofted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Aged under 5 or over 5.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whoofing Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
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    TABLE VIII. (B.)—Table of Population, Births, and of new Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the Year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. Giles, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge op the medical officer of health.Number op such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census, 1891.Estimated to middle of 1896.1234567891011121312345678910111213
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.--Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.--
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a).(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    TABLE IX. The Marriage-rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District from 1877 to 1896.
    Sub-Districts.18771878187918801881188218831884188518861887188818891890189118921893189418951896
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    TABLE X. Registered Births in 53 Weeks of 1890. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub.Districts.First Quarter, 13 weeks.Second Quarter, 13 weeks.Third Quarter, 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter, 14 weeks.Whole Tear, 1896, 53 weeks.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Total Children.
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    Registered Deaths in 53 Weeks of 1896. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub-Districts.First Quarter, 13 weeks.Second Quarter, 13 weeks.Third Quarter, 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter, 14 weeks.Whole Tear, 1896, 53 weeks.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Both Sexes.
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    TABLE XI. Showing the Localities in which fatal cases of the principal Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1896:—
    Locality.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
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    TABLE XI.— Continued.
    Locality.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
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    TABLE XII. Comparative Analysis of the Vital Statistics in Registration London and in St. Giles District, for 1896.
    Population, middle of 1896.Births.Deaths from all Causes.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Annual rate per 1,000 living.Deaths.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 Births. 1
    Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Fever.Diarrhoea.
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    TABLE XIII. Return Respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in 1895.
    Date.Registration Sub-Districts, comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets as registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1894.Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 10, 11, and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets) viz.:—Number of these Births which on 31st July, 1895, remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on account (as shown by Report Book) of—Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1895, neither duly entered in the Vaccination Register (columns 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the "Report Book" (columns 7, 8, and 9 of this Return).
    Column 10. Successfully Vaccinated.Column II.Column 13. Dead Unvaccinated.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removal to Districts the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.Removal to Places unknown or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found.
    Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Smallpox.
    12345678910