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St James's 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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8 GENERAL REPORT.
During the year 1900, the net mortality of the St. James's
district has been 341 deaths. Taking the population
as enumerated in the census of 1896, we have 23,050
persons, with 341 deaths—a death-rate of 1479 for each
1,000 persons sleeping in St. James's.
The figures for the net mortality of St. James's are
obtained by taking the deaths registered in St. James's,
adding to this number the deaths in outside places of
persons removed from St. James's, and then subtracting
the deaths registered in St James's of persons who were
noted as non-parishioners by the Registrar. This procedure
gives results as follow :—
260 + 111 — 30 = 341 as the net mortality.
These mortality data are shown in greater detail for the
year 1900, in the following figures:—
The deaths registered as having occurred in St James's, for the four quarters of the year, were as follows:—
| .First Quarter | 91 |
| Second Quarter | 63 |
| Third Quarter | 59 |
| Fourth Quarter | 47 |
| Deaths registered in St. James's during the year | 260 |
| Add deaths in outlying institutions among persons removed from St. James's | 111 |
| Gross mortality | 371 |
| Deduct deaths of persons reported as Non-Parishioners :— | |
| Dying in the Union House 14 | |
| Dying in Throat Hospital 8 | |
| Dying elsewhere 8 | |
| 30 | |
| Net mortality of St. James's for the year 1899 | 341 |