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TO THE
Vestry of St. George Sanober Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
I. The quarter just passed has been attended with a
heavy loss of life. No fewer than 547 deaths have
occurred in the parish, which is the highest number we
have had to chronicle in any quarter, and is almost one
death per diem above the average of the last ten years.
In the year 1857, the deaths in the
four quarters respectively were 436 374 424 442
In 1858 the numbers were 528 479 412 490
In 1859 they were 457 421 440 429
And now, in the Spring Quarter
of 1860, they are 547
In considering this matter, we are bound to enquire
into places, persons, and causes. As to places: on analysing
the mortality of the different sub-districts, we find
that the deaths in May Fair are exactly the average
of the last twelve quarters, and those in the workhouses a
little below it; whilst in the Hanover and Belgrave,
they have been above it as nearly as possible in the
proportion of 4 to 3; and that the excess of deaths this