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REPORT
on the
SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE PARISHES OF
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,
For the QUARTER ending 29th SEPTEMBER, 1859,
by
BARNARD HOLT, F.R.C.S.
Medical Officer of Health.
To the Members of the District Board of Works.
Gentlemen,
I have the honor to inform you that the number
of Births registered during the present quarter has been 291
Males and 252 Females, or a total of 543 Births; while the
Deaths have numbered 231 Males and 186 Females, or a total
of 417 Deaths. From these, however, must be deducted 30
as arising from accident and belonging to other parishes, thus
reducing the actual number to 387. The Deaths for a similar
period in 1858 amounted to 353, and the average of the previous
10 years to 478-1; if, however, this average is raised in
accordance with the increase of population, the numbers will
be 525-1; thus showing that although there is an increase of
34, as compared with 1858, there is a decrease of 138-1 as
compared with the average of the previous 10 years.