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St Giles (Camden) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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per 1,000 of the population, which is lower than that in
any other year on record, a decrease of 1.0 per 1,000 of the
ten years' average.
The excess of births over deaths was 346,816.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Population (Census 1896). | Begistered Deaths. | Deaths (corrected). | Ratio of Deaths to Population | Death-rate per 1,000. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury | 16,110 | 148 | 200 | 1 in 80.5 | 12.4 |
| St. Gilen, South | 12,976 | 306 | 395 | 1 in 32.8 | 30.4 |
| St. Giles, North | 9,151 | 140 | 153 | 1 in 59.8 | 16.7 |
| St. Giles District | 38,2:17 | 594 | 748 | 1 in 51.1 | 19.5 |
The deaths registered in St. Giles District during the
year were:—
Males 309
Females 285
Total 594
The 594 registered deaths will not give a true rate, and
must be altered by the addition of 216 deaths of parishioners
in outlying hospitals and public institutions, and the
subtraction of 62 deaths of non-parishioners at the French
Hospital, the Parish Workhouse, and the British Lying-in
Hospital, public institutions situated inside the District.
The corrections will be found in the above table, from
which it will be seen that the annual death-rate of the
District was equal to a rate of 19.5 per 1,000, the same rate
as that of the preceding year; both rates were 1.6 below
decennial average.
The death-rate of the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields