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St Giles (Camden) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TO THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE ST. GILES
DISTRICT.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present you the thirty-sixth
Annual Report of the health of the District for the registration
year ending January 2, 1892, a period of 52 weeks.
Vital Statistics.
The whole area of St. Giles District is computed to be a
total of 245 acres, viz.:—
St. George, Bloomsbury 122 acres.
St. Giles-in-the-Fields 123 acres.
and the number of inhabited houses (Census 1891), 4,068;
an increase of 110 since the Census of 1881.
The population of the two parishes, according to the corrected Census returns from 1861 to 1881, was as follows:—
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Census, 1861. | Census, 1871. | Census, 1881. |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 17,392 | 16,662 | 16,681 |
| St. Giles, South St. Giles-in- | 19,483 | 14,862 | 14,864 |
| St. Giles, North the-Fields. | 17,201 | 13,733 | *13,732 |
| St. Giles District | 54,076 | 45,257 | 45,277 |
* The enumerated population of St. Giles, North, according to the
corrected Census of 1881, was 13,837; but this number was corrected prior
to the Census 1891, to 13,732, because the detached part of the parish of
St. Giles-in-the-Fields, named Eve Terrace, Old Saint Pancras Road, was
separated from there and amalgamated with the parish of Pancras—vide
Local Government Board Order No. 26,577, dated 24th March, 1891.