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1875.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH.
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Birth and death-rate for the Metropolis, &c. 32
Table of Marriages in St. Giles District 32
The Marriage-rate in ditto 33
The Birth-rate in ditto 33
Table of number of Children born in Public Institutions in St. Giles District 33
Analysis of Births in St. Giles District 34
Table of Birth-rate to Population 34
The Death-rate in St. Giles District 35
Table of Deaths in Public Institutions in St. Giles District 35
Death of Parishioners in Public Hospitals situated out of the District 36
Analysis of Deaths in St. Giles District 36
Table of Death-rate to Population 37
Comparative Death-rate in St. Giles in 1875 and ten previous years 37
Increase of Mortality in St. Giles North and decrease in St. Giles South 37
The death-rate among Infants in St. Giles district 38
The Death-rate among Persons 60 years of age and upwards in St. Giles District 38
The Death-rate among Persons at all ages in St. Giles District 39
Table showing the Annual rate of Mortality, Death-rates among Children, &c. 39
Table showing the number of Deaths in ten years from seven principal Zymotic diseases 40
Table showing mortality from the more important diseases in 1875 41
Table showing the mortality from certain classes of Diseases and proportions to Population 41
The Death-rate among the Zymotic Diseases 41
Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Croup, Whooping Cough 42
Fevers, Diarrhoea 43
Deaths from Pulmonary Diseases 43
Deaths from Tubercular Diseases 44
Inquest cases 44
Uncertified Deaths 45
Mortality in the Workhouse 45
The British Lying-in Hospital 45
The Infants' Home, Great Coram Street 46
The Bloomsbury Dispensary 46
The Sanitary Work of the year 1875 46
Articles Disinfected 47
Provisions Condemned 48
The Sanitary Act, 1868 (Torrens') 48
Underground Rooms—Overcrowding—Bakehouses 48
Cow-sheds, Slaughter Houses—Rag and Bone Shops 49
Artizans' Dwellings Act, 1875 49
APPENDIX.
Table of Registered Deaths 50
Table of Registered Births 50
Table showing the mortality in each quarter and each Sub-District Facing
Table showing the causes of Death in St. Giles District, with the ages at Death page 50
TO THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE ST. GILES DISTRICT.
Gentlemen,—
I have the honour to present my first report. The Annual
Report is a record from the 1st January to the 31st December each
year. I was elected 2nd November, 1875, and therefore up to that
date I have only those records of my predecessor, Dr. Ross, which
are in your office.
Before discussing the vital statistics of the District, I will place
before you a few important facts compiled from the Registrar
General's Annual Summary relating to the whole Metropolis:—
"The estimated population of London in the middle of the year