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REPORT
ON THE
SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE PARISHES OF
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster
DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH 1858,
BY
BARNARD HOLT, F.R.C.S.
Medical Officer of Health.
To the Members of the District Board of Works.
Gentlemen,
The number of Births registered during the
present month was 96 Males and 104 Females—making a total
of 200 Births; while the Deaths number 95 Males and 77
Females, or a total of 172 Deaths. The Deaths for the same
period in 1857 was 145, and the average of the previous 10
years, 151-9; but if this average be raised with a view to
comparison for increase of population, the numbers will be
166—showing an increase both in relation to the previous
year, and the average of the last 10 years. This may be to
some extent accounted for by the increase in Deaths arising
from implication of the organs of respiration, as well those
of the Zymotic class, dependant in a great measure upon the
rapid variations of temperature which have occurred in the
present month.