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St Luke 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]
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TO THE VESTRY OF THE
PARISH OF ST. LUKE, MIDDLESEX.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Report on the Health,
Sanitary condition, and Vital Statistics of the Parish for the
fifty-two weeks ending December 28th, 1895, and which will be
found to follow in much the same lines as my ten previous
Annual Reports.
The Sanitary District of St. Luke comprises an area of 239
acres, including open spaces and the Basin and Waterway of
the Resent Canal. The number of Inhabited Houses is 3950.
The statistics of Marriages, Births, and Deaths contained herein are calculated upon a population, estimated to the middle of the year, at 43,175, and divided between the three Sub-registration Districts as follows:—
| Estimated population at Midsummer, 1895. | Corrected Census Return, 1891. | |
|---|---|---|
| City Road | 31,006 | 29,177 |
| Whitecross Street | 7,843 | 8,278 |
| Finsbury | 4,326 | 4,985 |
| Total | 43,175 | 42,440 |
The number of Marriages celebrated in St. Luke during the
year were 118 (against 222 for the previous year), the number
of persons married being in proportion to 5.4 per 1,000 of the
population, or a decrease on the year 1894 of 4.9 per 1,000.
The Metropolitan Marriage Rate was 17.1 per 1,000, being a
slight increase upon the preceding year and contrary to the facts
which govern our own district.
Births.
The Births registered in the Parish during the year 1895
numbered 1908, of these 479 children were born in the City of