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St Giles (Camden) 1889

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

Published
1890
Pages
132
Tables
64

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  • Page 4
    PARISH OF ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS.
    Names.Addresses.Go out of Office in
  • Page 5
    PARISH OF ST. GEORGE, BLOOMSBURY.
    Names.Addresses.Go out of Office in
  • Page 34 35
    THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE SAINT GILES DISTRICT. ABSTRACT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS of the BOARD for GENERAL PURPOSES, from March 25, 1889, to March 25,1890.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 36 37
    ABSTRACT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS for GENERAL PURPOSES—continued.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 38 39
    ABSTRACT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS for GENERAL PURPOSES—continued.
    £s.d.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 40 41
    Foundling Estate Rate Account.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£S.d£s.d.
  • Page 42 43
    Sewers Rate Accoun t.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 44 45
    SUMMARY showing the TOTAL RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS of the BOARD for the year ending March 25, 1890.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 46 47
    SUMMARY showing the TOTAL RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS of the BOARD for the year ending March 25, 1890—continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 48 49
    Statement of the Assets and Moneys owing to and the Debts and Liabilities of the Board on March 25th, 1890.
    Dr. DEBTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE BOARD.ASSETS AND MONEYS OWING TO THE BOARD. Cr.
    General Purposes Rate Account:£s.d.£s.d.General Purposes Rate Account:Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 51
    Pavings. Carriage-ways.
    Situation.Description of Paving.Net Cost.[
    .£s.d.
  • Page 52
    Footways.
    Situation.Description of Paving.Net Cost.
    £s.d.
  • Page 54
    Your Board accordingly made application in November, 1889, to the London County Council, for a contribution towards the cost of maintaining and repairing certain roads in the District, which, in your opinion, were main roads within the meaning of the Act, the said roads being as follows:—
    Feet.Feet.
  • Page 55
    Continued from previous page...
    Feet.Feet.
  • Page 55
    Sewers. The following works in connection with the Public Sewers were performed during the year:—
  • Page 61
    The total cost of street cleansing for the year 1889-90 was as follows:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 62
    A small quantity of permanganate of potash was added to the contents of the watering-carts during the hot summer months.
    £s.d.
  • Page 64
    LIST OF PUBLIC URINALS IN THE ST. GILES DISTRICT.
  • Page 66
    The following is a list of the refuges now existing within the St. Giles District :—
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    Continued from previous page...
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    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.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Name and Address of the Contractor.Nature of Contract.Term of Contract.
  • Page 72
    "1889.
  • Page 77
    "The total amount of solid matters found in 100,000 parts by weight of the various waters were:—
    Companies or Local Authorities.1889 Mean of 12 Months.
  • Page 78
    "The following table shows the proportional amount of organic elements (organic carbon and organic nitrogen) in each of the waters:—
    Sources.Maximum.Minimum.Average.
  • Page 79
    Marriages and Marriage-rate.
    Population (Census 1881).Marriage-rate per 1,000 1889.Average Marriage-rate per 1,000 for ten years 1879-88.
  • Page 80
    Of the 322 marriages, 200 were solemnized in the three parish churches, 78 in Nonconformist places of worship, and 44 in the Superintendent Registrar's office, as follows:—
    Name of Building.Denomination, &c.Number of M arriages.
  • Page 81
    Births and Birth-rate.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Population (Census 1881).Registered Births.Ratio of Births to Population.Birthrate per 1,000.Average Birth-rate per 1,000 for 10 years 1879—88.
  • Page 82
    Deaths and Death-rate,
    Registration Sub-Districts.Population (Census 1881).Registered Deaths (corrected).Ratio of Deaths to Population.Death-rate per 1,000Average Death-rate perl,000 for 10 years 1879—88.
  • Page 82
    The deaths registered in the three sub-districts were:—
  • Page 86
    In St. Giles District the several causes of death as returned by the Coroner may be classified as follows :—
    Causes of Death.St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, NorthWhole District.
  • Page 88
    It will be seen from the table below that no less than 233 of our total deaths (904) occurred outside the district.
    Public Institutions.Number of Deaths.Public Institutions.Number of Deaths.
  • Page 90
    The following table carried forward from last year shows the several rates for the seven years 1883-9.
    Great Wild Street Block.1883.1884.1885.1886.1887.1888.1889.Average for seven years 1883-9.
  • Page 91
    The following table shows these several rates for the last five years:—
    Little Coram Street Block.1885.1886.1887.1888.1889.Average for five years 1885-9.
  • Page 99
    Cases of infectious disease admitted into the Asylums Board Hospitals during the year 1889:—
    Parishes and Unions.Smallpox.Scarlet.Diphtheria.Typhus.Enteric.Other Diseases.Total Admissions.Total Deaths.Population Census. 1881.
  • Page 99
    Ambulance Service. The Metropolitan Asylums Board have directed the following regulations to be carried out for the removal of persons suffering from infectious diseases:
  • Page 100
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 105
    The number of copies of certificates sent to the Managers of the Asylums Board, under the provisions of the Section, during the months of November and December, were as follows.—
  • Page 106
    Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings Acts, 1868 to 1882. Since the passing of the above mentioned Acts of Parliament, commonly known as Torrens' Acts, the following proceedings have been taken in St. Giles District for improving or taking down dwellings occupied by working men and their families:—
    Date of Order for Works.Number of Houses.Name of Street or Place.Houses pulled down.Sites taken for Building.Places upon which no h uses have been built.Houses in which structural alterations and improvement,n were carried out.
  • Page 108
    Disinfections. During the year 88 rooms were disinfected by the Board's servants free of charge after the following infectious diseases:—
  • Page 108
    The following is a List of Articles disinfected in the Hot-air Chamber during the same period.
    Articles.NumberArticles.NumberArticles.Number
  • Page 109
    Slaughter-houses. 37 & 38 Vict., cap. 67.
    Locality.Licensee.
  • Page 109
    Cow-sheds.
    Locality.Dimensions of Shed.No. of Cows allowed.No. of Cows found on premises on date of inspectionLicensee.
  • Page 110
    Bakehouses. 46 & 47 Vict., cap. 53. ST. GILES-IN-THE-FI ELDS.
    Premises.Owner.
  • Page 110
    ST. GEORGE, BLOOMSBURY.
    Premises.Owner.
  • Page 111
    Owing to the demolition in the Shelton Street area and other places this number has been reduced to 497, 81 of which are in the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury, and 416 in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields.
    Locality.No. of Houses.Locality.No. of Houses.
  • Page 112
    Inspector Blatchford and Sergeant Sergeant of the Bow Street E Sub-division are the officers appointed to inspect the houses in this district.
    Street or Place.No. of Lodgers allowed.Owner.Street or Place.No. of Lodgers allowed.Owner.
  • Page 113
    TABULAR STATEMENTS.
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  • Page 114
    TABLE I. Showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births and Deaths for the Year 1889, and Ten Years Preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.
    The Year.Estimated population.Number of Inhabited Houses.Marriages.Registered Births.Corrected Deaths.
    Total all ages.Under one year.Total under five years.In public Institutions outside the District.In public Institutions inside the District
  • Page 114
    NOTES.
  • Page 115
    TABLE II. Showing the Annual Birth.rate, Death.rate, Death.rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1889, and Ten Years Preceding.
    In Year.Birth.rate per 1,000 of the Population.Death.rate per 1,000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1,000 of total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions inside the District per 1,000 of total Deaths.
  • Page 116
    TABLE 111—Deatb6 Registered from all Causes in the Year 1889 (inclusive of the Deaths of Pakishioneks a Hospitals and Public Institutions outside the District).
    causes of death.ages.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.sub-distric ts.
    Oto X.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 6565 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.j St. George Blooms-bury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
  • Page 117
  • Page 118
    Table III.continued
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total ' all Ages.SUB-DISTRICTS.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.05 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.St. George Blooms-bury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
  • Page 119
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 120
    SUMMARY OF TABLE III.
    Number of Deaths.
  • Page 121
    TABLE IV.
    Division I.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population at all ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths at all ages.
  • Page 122
    TABLE V.
    Disease.1879188018811882188318841885188618871888Annual average of 10 years, 1879 to 1888.Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1879 to 1888.1889Proportion of death? to 1,000 deaths in 1889.
  • Page 123
    TABLE VI. Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1889, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.
    Nature op Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
    St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
  • Page 124
    TABLE VII.
    Sub-Districts.First Quarter. 13 weeks.Second Quarter. 13 weeks.Third Quarter. 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter. 13 weeks.Whole Year, 1889. 52 weeks.
    m.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.MF.Total Children.
  • Page 124
    Registered Deaths in 52 Weeks of 1889. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub-Districts.Firs t Quarter. 13 weeks.Second Quarter. 13 weeks.Third Quarter. 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter. 13 weeks.Whole Year, 1889. 52 weeks.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Both Sexes.
  • Page 125
    TABLE VIII.
    Sub.Districts.18761877187818791880188118821883188418851886188718881889
  • Page 125
    The Birth.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub.Districts from 1872 to 1889.
    Sub.Districts.1872187318741875187618771878187918801881188218831884188518861887 18881889
  • Page 125
    The Death.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub.Districts from 1872 to 1889.
    Sub.Districts.187218731874187518761877187818791880188118821883188418851886188718881889