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St Giles (Camden) 1889

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

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The St, Giles District.
The district of St. Giles, comprising the two parishes of
St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury, has an
area of 245 statute acres.
For Registration purposes it forms one of the Central
Districts of the Metropolis, and is divided into three subdistricts,
viz.—
St. George, Bloomsbury.
St. Giles, South.
St. Giles, North.
The corrected returns of the Census 1881 of the estimated
population for the two parishes were:—
St. George, Bloomsbury 16,681
St. Giles-in-the-Fields 28,701
Total inhabitants 45,382
The number of inhabited houses, 3,968. The number of
persona living in each house, 11.4. The density of population
to the acre, 185. The elevation of the District, 68 feet
above Trinity high-water mark.
The Rateable value (quinquennial assessment):—
Gross value £458,121
Rateable value 382,491
Lincoln's Inn is assessed separately at—
Gross£25,305
Rateable 21,149

Marriages and Marriage-rate.

Population (Census 1881).Marriage-rate per 1,000 1889.Average Marriage-rate per 1,000 for ten years 1879-88.
St. Giles District45,38214.114.7