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1876.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH.
PAGE
Birth and Death-rate for the Metropolis, &c 34
Area, Density. and Population of St. Giles District 34
Table of Marriages in ditto 35
The Marriage-rate in ditto 35
Table of the Number of Births Registered in ditto 35
Table of Number of Children born in Public Institutions in ditto 36
Analysis of Births in St Giles District 36
Table of Birth-rate to Population in St. Giles District 37
Table showing Birth-rate in St. Giles in 1876 and seven previous Years 37
Table of the number of Deaths Registered in St. Giles District 37
Table of Deaths in Public Institutions in ditto 38
Deaths of Parishioners in Public Hospitals, situate out of the District 38
Analysis of Deaths in St. Giles District 39
Table of Death-rate to Population in ditto 39
Table showing Death-rate in St. Giles District in 1876 and ten previous Years 40
Comparative Death-rate of St. Giles District and of its Sub-Districts 40
The Death-rate among Infants 40
The Death-rate among Persons 60 Years and upwards 41
The Death-rate among Persons at all Ages (except Infants and old Persons) 41
Table showing the Annual Rate of Mortality, Death rate among Children, &c 41
Table showing Mortality from the more important Diseases in 1876 42
Table showing Mortality from certain Classes of Disease, &c 43
The Death-rate among the Zymotic Diseases 43
Tables showing the Number of Deaths in ten Years from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases 44
Small-Pox 45
Table relating to Vaccination in St. Giles District 46
Measles 47
Scarlet Fever 47
Diphtheria, Whooping-Cough 48
Fever 48
Diarrhœa 48
Tables showing the Principal Localities in which fatal Cases of the chief Zymotic Diseases occurred
in 1876 49,50
Deaths from Diseases of the Respiratory Organs 51
Deaths from Tubercular Diseases 51
Table showing List of Registered Common Lodging-Houses, &c 52
Inquests 53
Uncertified Deaths 53
Mortality in the Workhouse 54
The British Lying-in Hospital, Endell Street 54
The Infants' Home, 35, Great Coram Street 54
The Bloomsbury Dispensary, Great Russell Street 54
The Sanitary Work of the Year 1876 54
Articles Disinfected 65
Provisions Condemned 56
Artisans and Labourers Act (Torrens) 1868 56
Artisans and Labourers Act (Cross) 1875
Great Wild Street Area 57
Little Coram Street Area)
Slaughter-Houses 59
Cow-Sheds 59
Animals so kept as to be a Nuisance, &c 59
Bakehouses 59
Rag and Bone Shops 59
Mortuary 60
Underground Dwellings 60
Overcrowding 60
APPENDIX.
Table of Registered Deaths 61
Table of Registered Births 61
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 62
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