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Registration sub-district of St. Giles, South, has been
abolished, and that part of the parish of St. Giles-in-theFields,
which formerly constituted that sub-district, has been
added to the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury. The district
therefore will in future be known as Bloomsbury and
St. Giles, South. For statistical purposes during the period
covered by this report, the birth, death, marriage and other
rates will be calculated as heretofore.
Houses.
The number of inhabited houses at the Census 1891 was
returned as 3,729 with an average number of persons in
each house of 10.2.
Population.
The enumerated population in the St. Giles District according
to the Census 1896, was 38,237 made up as
follows:—
St. George, Bloomsbury 16,110
St. Giles, South 12,976
St. Giles, North 9,151
38,237

The marriages during the year were 366, compared
with 415, 440 and 415 in the three preceding years.