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St Giles (Camden) 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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(St. George, Bloomsbury 17,843
"Population (Census 1871) (St. Giles South 19,089
(St. Giles North 16,497
Whole District 53,429"
The marriages in the District, during the year 1877, are as under, for which I am indebted to the kindness of the Parochial Clergy, and the Registrar of the District.
| Name of Building. | Denomination. | Number of Marriages. |
|---|---|---|
| St. Giles-in-the-Fields (Parish Church, High Street) | Established Church | 142 |
| St. George, Bloomsbury (Parish Church, Hart Street) | Established Church | 135 |
| Superintendent Registrar's Office | 39 | |
| Sardinian Chapel, Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields | Roman Catholic | 47 |
| Bloomsbury Chapel, Bloomsbury Street | Baptist | 5 |
| Little Wild Street Chapel | Baptist | 3 |
| Keppel Street Chapel | Baptist | 1 |
| Great Queen Street Chapel | Wesley an Methodist | 14 |
| Eglise Suisse, Endell Street | Swiss Reformed Church | 4 |
| Kingsgate Chapel, Kingsgate Street | Baptist | 1 |
| Total | 391 | |
There were, therefore, 782 persons married, which gives a marriagerate
of 14'63 per 1,000.
The average rate for the last three years is equal to 14G8 per 1,000.
The Birth-rate in St. Giles District.
During the year the Births Registered in the three Sub-Districts
were as follows:—
St. George, Bloomsbury 429
St. Giles South 805
St. Giles North 420
Entire District 1,654
of which 855 were males, and 799 females.
These numbers will not give an accurate birth-rate, because 105
children born in the British Lying-in-Hospital, Endell Street, and
38 in the Workhouse, Broad Street, were children of non-parishioners
belonging to other parts of the metropolis. Therefore if correction be
made by deducting 143 Births from the Sub-District of St. Giles South,
it reduces the actual number of Births to 1,511, and gives the Birthrate
for the whole District as 28'28 per 1,000, or 1 in 3536 as the
ratio of Births to population, almost identical with the preceding year,
and again below the average.