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St Giles (Camden) 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Again, 167 mothers gave birth to 167 children in the British
Lying-in Hospital, Endell Street, but out of this number only 22
of the mothers belonged to the united parishes. Therefore, 145
outsiders must be deducted from the aggregate number, and also
from the number of St. Giles South, and 3 must be added to the
Sub-District of St. George, Bloomsbury, and 9 to St. Giles North.
The following tabular form will exhibit the facts more clearly.
TABLE No. 4. — Showing the Analysis of the Births in St
Giles District.
| St. Gilea District. | St. Giles South, Sub-District. | St. Giles North, Sub-District. | St. George, Bloomsbury, Sab-District. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Births 1,709 | Registered Births 803 | Registered Births 462 | Registered Births 444 |
| Deduct Births in the British | Deduct outpider in the | Add Births in Workhouse 18 | Add Births in Workhouse 9 |
| Lying-in Hospiral 145 | British Lying-in Hos | Add Births in Hospital 9 | Add Births in Hospital 3 |
| Deduct Strand 20 | pital 145 | 27 | 12 |
| and miscella | S t. George's | __ | _ |
| neous Births 5 | (Workhouse) 9 | Actual Births 489 | Actual Births 456 |
| 170 | St. George's | _ | St. Giles North 489 |
| (Hospital) 3 | St. Giles South 594 | ||
| Actual Births 1,539 | 12 | ||
| St. Giles North (Work house) 18 | Total Births 1,539 | ||
| Entire District | |||
| St.GilesNorth (Hospital) 9 | |||
| 27 | |||
| Strand in Workhouse 20 | |||
| Miscellaneous in Workhouse 5 | |||
| 209 | |||
| Actual Births 694 |
These conclusions are more in accordance with the population
of the several Sub-Districts than the numbers supplied by the
registrars.
The mean Birth-rate of St. Giles District and of the SubDistricts
are as follows:—
TABLE No. 5.—Showing the Birth-rate to Population in St Giles and its Sub-Districts in 1875.
| Sub-Districts. | Population. | Births. | Ratio of Births to Population. | Rate per 1,000. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury. | 17,843 | 456 | 1 in 39.12 | 25.55 |
| St. Giles South | 19,089 | 594 | 1 in 32.13 | 31.11 |
| St. Giles North | 16,497 | 489 | 1 in 33.72 | 29.58 |
| Whole District | 53,429 | 1,539 | 1 in 34.71 | 28.80 |
The mean annual Birth-rate for three years is 3054; the mean
Birth-rate for 1875 is, therefore, below the average, and it is 0.43
lower than in 1874.
The Birth-rate for London in 1875 was 35.7.