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The Death-rate for St. Giles South was much lower.
Death-rate for 1875 26.71
Death-rate for preceding 10 years 33.30
But in 1874 the rate was 33.16
The year 1874 was marked by a violent outbreak of Typhus
Fever in Great Wild Street and the adjacent Courts, which so much
raised the Death-rate, while in 1875 that part of the district was
free from fever.
The Death-rate for St Giles North was higher in 1875—
Death-rate for 1875 25.27
Death-rate for preceding 10 years 23.96
But in 1874, the rate was 21.82
The Death-rate among Infants in St. Giles District.
In 1875 the number of children who died under 1 year of age
was 289 (excluding the deaths of 24 infants in the Home, Great
Coram Street, and 5 in the British Lying-in Hospital). Of these
76 belonged to St. George, Bloomsbury, 118 to St. Giles South,
and 95 to St. Giles North.
The rate of Mortality was as follows—
Whole District 1 Death in every 5'32 Births = 18-77 per cent. of Births.
St. George, Bloomsbury 1 do. do. 6.0 do. = 1666 do.
St. Giles South 1 do. do. 6.0 do. = 19 86 do.
St. Giles North 1 do. do. 5.14 do. = 19-42 do.

The Infantile Mortality for 1875 was nearly the same as iu 1874.
The Death-rate among Persons 60 years of Age
and upwards.
The registered deaths among persons 60 years of age and upwards
were 275; but after the necessary corrections have been made the
number is found to be 291, of which 85 belonged to St. George,
Bloomsbury, 145 to St. Giles South, and 61 to St. Giles North.
The rates in the sub-districts are as follows:—
Whole District 1 Death in every 4.34 of all Deaths and in every 183 of pop.
St. George, Bloomsbury 1 do. do. 3.95 do. do. do. 209 do.
St. Giles South 1 do. do. 3.51 do. do. do. 131 do.
St. Giles North 1 do. do. 6.83 do. do. do. 270 do.