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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St James's 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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Table: The following is a list of the mortality of differentyears for the last 15 years.

The following is a list of the mortality of different

years for the last 15 years.

18566821864832
18577121865704
18586691866769
18597641867707
1860723
18617581868684
18627271869719
18637571870824

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The excess of the death rate in 1870 over the
death rate of 1869 is 61. It will be seen that the
excess of deaths between the two years is chiefly in
that of persons between 40 and 60 years of age.
The deaths in the Workhouse during the last
five years has been as follows:
1866 133
1867 136
1868 145
1869 183
1870 182
The deaths of 41 persons from Saint Anne's in
1869, and of 38 in 1870 will account for the
increase of mortality during those years.
Zymotic Diseases.
The cases of what are called Zymotic Diseases
are always of interest to the medical officer of health,
as it is amongst this group of diseases he has the

Table: T able of D eaths in D istricts and Q uarters in 1869.•

T able of D eaths in D istricts and Q uarters in 1869.

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First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Population.
St. James's Sq. Div.3827282710,453
Golden Square Div.6769446812,855
Berwick Street Div.6549616710,270
Workhouse50623236• •
22020716419833,587