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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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Births and Birth-rate.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Population (Census 1891). | Number of Births. | Ratio of Births to Population. | Birthrate per 1,000. | Average Birth-rate per 1,000 for 10 years 1881—90. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 16,695 | 342 | 1 in 48.8 | 20.4 | 21.7 |
| St. Giles, South | 13,450 | 533 | 1 in 25.2 | 39.6 | 40.5 |
| St. Giles, North | 9,633 | 271 | 1 in 35.5 | 28.1 | 23.3 |
| St. Giles District | 39,778 | 1,146 | 1 in 34.7 | 28.8 | 28.5 |
In 1891 (52 weeks) the births in the whole registration
district of St. Giles numbered 589 boys and 557 girls, or 1
in every 34.7 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
The average rate for the preceding 10 years, 1881-90, was
28.5 per 1,000.
The birth-rate for the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury,
20.4, was identical with that of the previous year.
The birth-rate for the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields was
34'8 per 1,000, a rate of 5.4 per 1,000 in excess of that of
the preceding year, and no less than 14.4 per 1,000 higher
than the rate for the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury.
The birth-rate for the whole of St. Giles District, 28.8 per
1,000, was 2. higher than the rate for 1890.
The registered births were 54 in excess of the deaths.
In London there were 134,003 births registered in the population
of 4,221,452 (estimated population middle of 1891)
corresponding to an annual birth-rate of 31.8 per 1,000 living;
this was a considerable rise from the rate in the preceding
year, 30.8, but with this exception the rate in 1891 was the
lowest as yet recorded; the excess of births over deaths was
43,787.