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1873-73.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health.
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The Site of St. Giles District 2
The Soil 2
The Area 3
Open Spaces 3
Area of Roads and Footways 3
Paving 3
Sewerage 4
Water supply—the New River Company's supply 4
Gas supply 5
The Houses in St. Giles District 5
The Dials, Gt. Wild Street, &.c., &.c 6
The Mews in Bloomsbury 6
Common Lodging Houses 6
List of Registered Common Lodgiug Houses 7
Model Houses 7
The necessity and mode of providing better Houses for the Working Classes 8
The Occupation of Underground Rooms 8
The Population of St. Giles District 8
The Excess of Births 8
The Immigration into and Emigration from the District 9
The Ratio of Population to Area 9
The Ratio of Population to Houses 9
Density of the Population 9
The Proportion of Legitimate to Illegitimate Births 10
J he Proportion dying in Workhouses and in Hospitals 10
The Mortality from certain Diseases during the 10 years, 1863-12 11
A Decrease of Mortality 11
Public Institutions in St. Giles District 12
The Charity Organization Committee 12
The Elemetary Education Act 13
The Progress of improvement during the 10 years 13
Sanitary Inspection 15
THE GENERAL MORTALITY FOR THE YEAR 1872.
The Birth-rate in St. Giles District 16
The Death-rate in St. Giles District 17
The Death-rate among Infants in St. Giles 19
The Death-rate among Persons SO years of age and upwards18
The Death-rate among Persons at all ages 10
Comparison of Mortality from various causes in London and St. Giles 20
Zymotic Diseases, Local Diseases, and Diseases among Children 19
The Mortality in the sub-districts from more important Diseases 21
The Mortality from Zymotic Diseases 21
Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, levers, Whooping Cough, Diarrhœa, &.c. 21
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