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St Giles (Camden) 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

Published
1884
Pages
98
Tables
40

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  • Page 8
    The following are the amounts contributed by this District to the Metropolitan Board of Works for the last thirteen years:
    Years.Amount.
    £s.d.
  • Page 9
    The amounts contributed to the School Board for London during the same period are as follows:
    Y ears.Amount.
    £s.d.
  • Page 16
    THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE SAINT GILES DISTRICT. ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF THE BOARD FOR GENERAL PURPOSES, FROM 25th MARCH, 1883, TO 25th MARCH, 1884.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 18
    ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL PURPOSES— continued.
    £s.d.Ledger folio.£s.d. £s.d.
  • Page 20
    ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR GENERAL PURPOSES— continued.
    £s.d.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 22
    Foundling Estate Rate Account.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 24
    Sewers Rate Account.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 26
    SUMMARY SHOWING THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF THE BOARD FOR THE YEAR ENDING 25th MARCH, 1884.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 28
    SUMMARY SHOWING THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF THE BOARD FOR THE YEAR ENDING 25th MARCH. 1884— continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 30
    STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS AND MONEYS OWING TO, AND THE DEBTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE BOARD ON THE 25th MARCH, 1884.
    General Purposes Rate Account:Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.General Purposes Rate Account:Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 34
    New Pavings.
    Situation.Description of Paving.Net Cost.
    Carriage-ways.£s.d.
  • Page 35
    Continued from previous page...
    Situation.Description of Paving.Net Cost.
    £s.d.
  • Page 37
    Cost of Street Cleansing. The total cost of street cleansing for the year 1883-4 was as follows:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 38
    The water used for street watering and washing was 4,336,000 gallons.
    £s.d.
  • Page 47
    Contracts. The following Contracts for materials and works have been entered into by the Board and are now in force:
    Name and Address of the Contractor.Nature of Contract.Term of Contract.
  • Page 48
    Continued from previous page...
    Name and Address of the Contractor.Nature of Contract.Term of Contract.
  • Page 49
    Continued from previous page...
    Name and Address of the Contractor.Nature of Contract.Term of Contract.
  • Page 54
    Marriages and Marriage-rate. Last year 364 marriages were celebrated in the parish churches, Roman Catholic, and Nonconformist places of worship, and at the Superintendent Registrar's Office, all of the buildings being situated in the District.
    Name of Building.Denomination.Number of Marriages.
  • Page 55
    Birth-rate in St. Giles and its Sub-Districts in 1883, and the Ratio of Births to Population, &c.
    Registbation Sub-Districts.Estimated Population.Births.Ratio of Births to Population.Rate per 1,000.Average Birth-rate per 1,000 for 10 years 1873—82.
  • Page 57
    Death-rate in St. Giles and its Sub-Districts in 1883, and the Ratio of Deaths to Population, &c.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Estimated Population.Deaths (Corrected).Hatio of Deaths to Population.Rate per 1,000.Average Death-rate for 10 years, 1873-82.
  • Page 58
    Deaths of Parishioners in Hospitals and Public Institutions, situated out of the District—
    University College.Charing Cross.King's College.Middlesex.St. Bartholomew's.Royal Free.St. George's.Westminster.London.St. Thomas's.St. Mary.HomoeopathicGerman.French.Childrens', Great Ormond Street.Childrens', North-Eastern.Temperance.Consumption, Brompton.Consumption, North London.St. Elizabeth, Great Ormond Street.Central Sick Asylum, Cleveland St.Stockwell Fever.High gate Infirmary.Total.
  • Page 60
    The following table shows the causes of death.
    Causes of Death.St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles South.St. Giles North.Whole District.
  • Page 65
    The places comprised within the area, with the number of house, and of the inhabitants are as follows :—
    Locality.Number of Houses.Number of Inhabitants.
  • Page 76
    Slaughter-houses. On the 30th October the Middlesex Magistrates, at their Petty Sessions, held at the Holborn Town Hall, granted licenses for slaughter-houses to the following butchers:—
    Slaughter-houses.Licensees.
  • Page 81
    APPENDIX. TABLE I. Estimated Population, 1883, at the Middle of the Year, and in Ten previous Years; Number of Inhabited Houses; Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Gross Numbers).
    Year.Estimated Population.Number of Houses.Registered Births.Registered Deaths.Marriages.
  • Page 82
    TABLE II. S howing B irth and D eath R ate, D eaths of C hildren, and D eaths in P ublic I nstitutions, 1883, and T en previous Y ears.
  • Page 83
    TABLE III. Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1883, including the Deaths of Parishioners in Hospitals and Public Institutions situated out of the District.
    causes of death.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and upwards.Total under 5.Grand Total.Sub.Districts.
    St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
  • Page 84
    TABLE III — continued.
    Causes of Death.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and upwards.Total under 5.Grand Total.Sub-Districts.
    St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
  • Page 85
    Table IV. Showing Mortality from certain Classes of Diseases and Proportions to Population and to 1,000 Deaths, 1883, viz.
    Diseases.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths.
  • Page 86
    TABLE V . Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years, 1873 to 1882, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases, and the Number in 1883, etc.
    Diskase.18731874187518761877187818711188018811882Annual Average of 10 years. 1873 to 1882.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1873 to 1882.1883Proportion of Denths to 1,000 Deaths in 1883.
  • Page 87
    TABLE VI. Report of the Sanitary Works, &., in 1883, carried out under the Superintendence of the Sanitary Inspectors.
    Natlike of Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
    St. George Blooms-bury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
  • Page 88
    TABLE VII. Disinfecting Chamber. Showing the List of Articles disinfected in the Hot-air Chamber during the year 1888.
    Articles.NumberArticles.Number.Articles.Number.
  • Page 88
    TABLE VIII. Provisions Condemned and Destroyed during the Year as Unfit for Human Food.
  • Page 89
    Table IX. Registered Births in 52 Weeks of 1883. S ub- Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub-Districts.First Quarter. 13 weeks.Second Quarter. 13 weeks.Third Quarter. 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter. 13 weeks.Whole Year, 1883. 52 weeks.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Total Children.
  • Page 89
    Registered Deaths in 52 Weeks of 1883. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub-Districts.First Quarter. 13 weeks.Second Quarter. 13 weeks.Third Quarter. 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter. 13 weeks.Whole Year, 1883. 52 weeks.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Both Sexes.
  • Page 90
    TABLE X. The Marriage-rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District from 1875 to 1883
    Sub-Districts.187518761877187818791880188118821883
  • Page 90
    The Birth-rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub-Districts from 1858 to 1883.
    Sub-Districts.18581859186018611862186318641865186618671868186918701871187218731874187518761877187818791880188118821883
  • Page 90
    The Death-rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub-Districts from 1858 to 1883.
    Sub-Districts.1858185918601861186218c318641865186618671868186918701871187218731874187518761877187818791880188118821883
  • Page 91
    TABLE XI. Return respecting Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered during the Year. (For the period from July, 1882, to June 30, 1883.)
    Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets.Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 10, 11, and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets) viz.:Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register on account of—
    Col. 10.Column 11.Col. 13.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removed to Districts, the Vaccination officer of which has been duly apprised.Removed to Places unknown or which cannot be reached; and Cases not having been found.Cases not accounted for in either of the foregoing Columns.
    Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Successful vaccina-tion.Had Small-Pox.Dead. Uvaccinated.
  • Page 92
    TABLE XII. Showing the list of Registered Common Lodging Houses in St. Giles District, with the number of inmates allowed in each. The whole of these houses are under the supervision of Inspecting-Sergeant James Mallett, Police Station, Bow Street, W.C.
    No. of House.Street or Place.No. of Lodgers allowed.No. of House.Street or Place.No. of Lodgers allowed.