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Clerkenwell 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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Medical Officer's Report
FOR 1871,
With Table of Causes of Death, &c.
To the Vestry of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell.
Gentlemen,
I now do myself the honour of laying before you my 16th
Annual Report upon the mortality and sanitary relations of the
parish, being that for the year 1871. I shall preserve the same
form, to allow the data to be readily compared with those of
former years.
The number of deaths which arose from all causes in 1871,
was 1417. The average number of deaths for the last 10 years
was 1563 ; hence the deaths were 146 less than the average.
And the number of deaths in 1870 being 1473, the deaths in
1871 were 56 less than in the preceding year.

Table: In the subjoined table, the number of deaths occurring in each of the last 10 years is shown; and opposite are the number of births for the same years:—

In the subjoined table, the number of deaths occurring in each of the last 10 years is shown; and opposite are the number of births for the same years:—

Deaths.Births
186215722287
186315092449
186417352224
186516132389
186616612434
186714972452
186816442478
186915122410
187014732415
187114172274

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The births are thus 107 fewer than the average.

Table: The sub-districts in which the deaths and births occurred, were as follows:—

The sub-districts in which the deaths and births occurred, were as follows:—

Deaths.Births.Excess.
St. James479649170
Amwell312558246
Pentonville281449168
345618273