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St Giles (Camden) 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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The Death-rate among Persons at all Ages.
(EXCEPT INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR AND PERSONS 60 YEARS AND
UPWARDS.)
The number of deaths among persons at all ages, excluding those
who died in extra-parochial institutions and those non-parishioners
who died within the district, was 683. The proportions to be
distributed among the sub-districts are as follows:—St. George,
Bloomsbury, 175; St. Giles South, 247; and St. Giles North, 261.
The ratios to the whole mortality, and to population, are thus
expressed:—
Whole District 1 Death in every 78 of pop. = 12.78 per 1,000
St. George, Bloomsbury 1 do. do. 101 do. = 9.80 do.
St. Giles South 1 do. do. 77 do. = 12.93 do.
St. Giles North 1 do. do. 63 do. = 15.82 do.
The following are the ratios to total deaths:—
Whole District 1 in every 1.81 of all Deaths.
St. George, Bloomsbury 1 do. 1.92 do.
St. Giles South 1 do. 2. do.
St. Giles North 1 do. 1.59 do.
The following table may enable statisticians to compare its facts
with those tabulated in other districts.
TABLE No. 12.
Showing the Annual Rate of Mortality, Death-rates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions.
| Annual Rate of mortality per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Children under one year; percentage of total Deaths.1 | Percentage of Deaths of Children under one year to Births, † | Deaths of Children under five years; percentage of total Deaths. | Total number of Deaths among Parishioners in Public Hospitals outside the District. | Total number of Deaths among Non-Parishioners in Public Institutions within the District. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 | 23.63 | 22.88 | 18.77, | 39.27 | 141 | 77 |
| 1874 | 25.68 | 21.20 | 18.63 | 36.73 | 175 | 50 |
| 1873 | 23.9 | 24.59 | 19.5 | 40. | 146 | 18 |
| 1872 | 23.77 | 25.02 | 20.08 | 40.61 | 136 | 25 |
| 1871 | 25.6 | 22.91 | 20.8 | 38.65 | 132 | 9 |
| Average of 30 years 1865-1874. | 26.87 |
The foregoing table Comprises a period of five years. Though
our general mortality is less than last year, the deaths of children
under 1 and among children under 5 were slightly in excess ; still it
shows a favourable comparison with previous years.
* The total Deaths exclude Non-Parishioners dying in public Institutions within the District, and
include Parishioners dying in public Hospitals outside the District.
† The Births exclude the Births of Non-Parishioners in the British Lying-in Hospital, and of
Parishioners of the Strand District that occurred in the Workhouse.