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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) 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Births and Birth.rate.
| Registration Sub.District | Population (Census 1891). | Number of Births. | Ratio of Births to Population. | Birth rate per 1.000. | Average Birth.rate per 1,000 for 10 years 1884—93. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 16,695 | 259 | 1 in 64.4 | 15.5 | 20.8 |
| St. Giles, South | 13,450 | 557 | 1 in 24.1 | 41.4 | 41.6 |
| St. Giles, North | 9,633 | 254 | 1 in 37.9 | 26.3 | 21.7 |
| St. Giles District | 39,778 | 1,070 | 1 in 37 1 | 26.8 | 27.9 |
The number of births registered in the 5 2 weeks of the
registration year 1894, was 1,070, of these 574 were males,
and 533 females.
The annual birth.rate of the District was equal to 26.8
per 1,000, being 1.1 per 1,000 lower than the rate for the
ten years average.
There was one birth to 37.1 inhabitants.
The birth rates for the two parishes again show a
remarkable difference, whilst on the one hand, St. Giles.
in.the.Fields maintains and even increases its high rate of
35.1 per 1,000, Bloomsbury shows a steady decline of 2.4
per 1000 below the rate for 1893, and 5*3 below the rate
for the decennial average.
If St. Giles, North, with a population of 9,633 can show a
birth.rate of 26.3 per 1.000, and Bloomsbury, with 16,695
inhabitants, only 15.5 per 1,000, there can be but little doubt
but that the population of the latter parish is very migratory.
In Registration London the number of births was
130,533, and the birth.rate 30.1 per 1,000.
The birth.rate in England and Wales in 1894, was 29.6
per 1,000 of the population, the lowest rate ever recorded,