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St Giles (Camden) 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Births and Birth-rate.
The births of 1,436 children were registered in 1883; of
these 741 were males, and 695 females; 1,075 belonged to
the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and 361 to that of St.
George, Bloomsbury.
The birth-rate was equal to 30.7 per 1,000, 1.0 above
that of the preceding year, and nearly 2.0 above the decennial
average.
The birth-rate, &c., in the Sub-Districts will be shown
in the following table:—
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 16,662 | 361 | 1 in 46.1 | 21.6 | 24.4 |
| St. Giles, South | 16,337 | 684 | 1 in 23.8 | 41.8 | 31.4 |
| St. Giles, North | 13,733 | 391 | 1 in 35.1 | 28.4 | 28.9 |
| Whole District | 46,732 | 1,436 | 1 in 32.5 | 30.7 | 28.6 |
The registered births were 430 in excess of the registered
deaths.
The birth-rate for the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields
was 35'7, and the birth-rate for the parish of St. George,
Bloomsbury was 2T6.
The births registered in London numbered 133,656, and
were in the proportion of 33'9 to 1,000 inhabitants. This
was the lowest birth-rate recorded since 1880, in which
year the rate was only 33'6.