[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District].

  • St. Giles (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
[1877]
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    34 TO THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE ST. GILES DISTRICT. Gentlemen,— I have the honour to present you my Report on the Sanitary State of the District for the year 1876. I shall again, in order to afford a standard of comparison, place before you a few important facts, compiled from the Registrar-General's Annual Summary, relating to the whole Metropolis. Area.—The area of London (the registration division so called) is 78,080 acres, or 122 square miles, including 2,718 acres of the Thames. The length of the streets and roads is about 1,500 miles, and their area nearly 12 square miles. The sewers have a length of about 2,000 miles. Elevation.—The population of London reside at a mean elevation of 39 feet above Trinity high-water mark. Houses.—At the Census of 1871 there were within this area 417,767 inhabited houses, containing an average of 7'8 persons to a house. Annual Rateable Value.—In the Metropolis, in December, 1876, as assessed, was equal to £23,251,702. Annual Rate of Increase of Population.—1851-61,1.73 per cent.; 1861-71, 1.50 percent. 1876. Population.— Males 1,633,221 total 3,489,428. Females 1,856,207 Birth- Male 64,920 Female 62,095 Total127,015. Annual rate of births per 1,000 of the population, 36.5. Total77,411'' Annual rate of mortality per 1,000. Males 24.5 , , , ,, Females 20.2 total 22.3. Excess of registered births over deaths, 49,604. Estimated increase of population, 44,164. 1876. St. Giles District. Area in acres, 245. Density of persons to an acres (Census 1871), 219St. George, Bloomsbury 17,843 '' Population St. Giles South 19,089 St. Giles North 16,497 Whole District 53,429