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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 of submitting to you herewith
my Annual Report of the St. Giles District, with the usual
Vital Statistics for the Year ending 31st December, 1897.
Area.
St. Giles District comprises the two parishes of St.
Giles-in-the-Fields, and St. George, Bloomsbury, an area of
245 acres, nearly equally divided between the two parishes.
For civil registration purposes it is formed into three
sub-districts, viz:—
1. St. George, Bloomsbury.
2. St. Giles, South.
3. St. Giles, North.
Houses.
According to the Census 1891 there were 3,729
inhabited houses.
The average number of persons in each house was 102.
Population.
The enumerated population of the District according to
the quinquennial Census taken in March, 1896, was 38,237'
a decrease of 14,462 persons since the Census enumeration
of 1851.