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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camden) 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Area in square feet of Persons to an acre, 98
1. Ground within which the dwelling stands, 63,3G0.
| Block. | No. of tenements. | Rooms. | Total No. of rooms. | No. of w.c.'s. | No. of water-waste preventing cisterns. | No. of sinks and draw-off taps. | No. of dust shoots. | No. of dust receptacles. | Bath room s. | Wash-houses. | Weekly rental of lettings. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of 1 rooms. | No. of 2 rooms. | No. of 3 rooms. | ||||||||||||
| Max. | Min. | |||||||||||||
| A | 24 | - | 7 | 17 | 65 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | 6/6 | 2/6 |
| B | 24 | - | 7 | 17 | 65 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| O | 24 | - | 7 | 17 | 65 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| D | 29 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| E | 29 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| F | 29 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| G | 29 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| H | 29 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| J | 29 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 58 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| K | 29 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| L | 24 | - | 7 | 17 | 65 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| M | 24 | - | 7 | 17 | 65 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| N | 24 | - | 7 | 17 | 65 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
| Total. | 347 | 35 | 163 | 149 | 808 | 156 | 156 | 156 | 156 | 13 | 2 | 78 | ||
Inhabited by 1,430 people at the following ages:—
| Under 5 years. | 5 to 20 years. | 20 to 40 years. | 40 to 60 years. | About 60 years. | Total number. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 264 | 468 | 448 | 200 | 50 | 1,430 |
During 1890, 57 children were born in the buildings,
corresponding to a birth-rate of 39.8 per 1,000. The 22
deaths equalled a death-rate of 15.3 per 1,000.
There were five deaths from preventible diseases, viz.
measles 2, whooping-cough 2 and diarrhoea 1, or a zymotic
death-rate of 3.4 per 1,000.
Fourteen children died under 5 years of age, or an infantile
death-rate of 9.7 per 1,000.
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