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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 to present to you my
Annual Report upon the Sanitary Condition and Vital
Statistics of the District, for the Registration Year ending
the 31st December, 1899, a period of fifty-two weeks; the
arrangement is the same as that of previous years.
Area.
The St. Giles District comprises an area of 244 Statute
acres, nearly equally divided between the two parishes of
St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury.
Prior to the first of November last, the district was
formed for civil registration purposes into three sub-districts
viz.:—St. George, Bloomsbury, St. Giles, South, and St.
Giles, North; since that date it has been divided into two
sub-districts only, for, by an Order of the Registrar-General
made under the provisions of the 21st section of the 37th
and 38th Vic. Cap. 88, as from the 1st November, 1899, the