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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) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE X.
Comparative Analysis of the Vital Statistics in all London, in England and Wales, and in St. Giles District in 1891.
| Population 1891. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Rate per cent. of uncertified Deaths. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| St. Giles District. | 39,778 | 1,146 | 1,092 | 28.5 | 27.4 | 2.9 | 113 | - | 43 | - | 11 | 29 | 11 | 19 | 000.2 | 185 |
| London . | 4,221,452 | 134,003 | 90,216 | 31.8 | 21.4 | 2.2 | 9,588 | 8 | 1,802 | 577 | 1,329 | 2,872 | 577 | 2,423 | 1.0 | 154 |
| England & Wales. | 29,001,018 | 913,836 | 587,666 | 31.4 | 20.2 | 1.83 | 53,221 | 48 | 12,287 | 4,845 | 4,940 | 12,920 | 5,119 | 13,062 | 2.7 | 149 |