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St Giles (Camden) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE I.
Showing the Population, Number of Inhabited Houses, Marriages Births and Deaths for the Year 1899, and Ten Years Preceding.
| The Year | Census 1896. | Marriages. | Registered Births. | Corrected Deaths. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population. | Number of Inhabited Houses. | Total all ages. | Under one year. | Total under five years. | In Public Institutions outside the District. | In Public Institutions in side the District. | |||
| 1899 | 38,237 | 3,729 | 366 | 1,132 | *748 | 136 | 201 | 216 | †186 |
| 1898 | – | – | 415 | 1,027 | 746 | 158 | 243 | 205 | 185 |
| 1897 | – | – | 440 | 981 | 676 | 146 | 216 | 199 | 155 |
| 1896 | – | – | 408 | 1,064 | 734 | 162 | 254 | 215 | 159 |
| 1895 | – | – | 371 | 1,120 | 851 | 185 | 273 | 196 | 190 |
| 1894 | – | – | 369 | 1,070 | 745 | 144 | 247 | 216 | 182 |
| 1893 | – | – | 341 | 1,094 | 926 | 155 | 263 | 272 | 177 |
| 1892 | – | – | 357 | 1,129 | 919 | 180 | 298 | 253 | 137 |
| 1891 | – | – | 370 | 1,146 | 1,092 | 213 | 352 | 261 | 246 |
| 1890 | – | – | 347 | 1,183 | 1,035 | 190 | 299 | 258 | 197 |
| 1889 | – | – | 322 | 1,197 | 904 | 176 | 296 | 233 | 109 |
| Average for 10 years, 189-1898 | – | – | 374 | 1,101 | 862 | 170 | 274 | 230 | 173 |
NOTES.
1.—Population at Census, March, 1896—38,237.
2.—Average number of persons in each house—10.6.
3.—Area of
district
St. George. Bloomsbury, 121
St. Giles-in-the-Fields, 123
244 statute
acres.
4.—Rateable Value of the District, Quinquennial
assessment, £443,931.
* Inclusive of the deaths of parishioners at Public Institutions outside
the District.
† 62 were non-parishioners.
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