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St Giles (Camden) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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| Registration Sub-Districts. | Population (Census 1896). | Number of Births. | Ratio of Births to Population | Birth - rate per 1,000. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 16,110 | 256 | 1 in 62.9 | 15.8 |
| St. Giles, South | 12,976 | 644 | 1 in 20.1 | 49.6 |
| St Giles, North | 9,151 | 232 | 1 in 39.4 | 25.3 |
| St. Giles District | 38,237 | 1,132 | 1 in 33.7 | 29.6 |
According to this table there were 1,132 births registered
during the year; of these 593 were males and 539
females.
The registered births were 384 in excess of the corrected
deaths.
The birth-rate of the district for the year was 29.6 per
1,000, a rate 2.8 per 1,000 higher than that of the
preceding year.
The birth-rate of the whole parish of St. Giles-in-theFields
was 39.5, a rate more than double of that for the
parish of St. George, Bloomsbury.
The large number of births in the Great Wild Street
block of Peabody Buildings again largely contributed to
the high birth-rate of the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields
The number of births registered in all London was
133,120, giving a rate of 29.4 per 1,000 of the population.
This is the lowest birth-rate on record, the natural increment
of the population by excess of births over deaths was
43,431, the average increment in the preceding years
having been 47,836 per annum. (Registrar-General's
Annual Summary).
The birth-rate in England and Wales in 1899 was 29.3