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to the
Vestry of St. George, Sanober Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
We have the honour to lay before you a table,
showing the causes of death, the ages of the deceased, and
the sub-districts in which the deaths occurred, within this
parish, for the thirteen weeks ended March 28th, 1863.
The total number of deaths is 553, in which are
included those of 68 non-parishioners, who died in St.
George's Hospital, and of 6 of the inmates of the Little
Chelsea Workhouse.
This number is much below that of the corresponding
quarter of last year, when it was 609 ; but is nearly that
of 1861, when it was 540, and of 1860, when it was 547.
The mortality in the Belgrave sub-district especially has
been lower than it was last year; and although the
weekly average for the whole parish, 42.5, is nominally
higher than that of the preceding ten years, which is only
37.8; yet we must bear in mind the yearly increase
of 1,500, at the least, which accrues to our population;
and may congratulate ourselves on the fact that the last
year has shown a great saving of life, as we shall prove in
detail presently.