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REPORT
on the
SANITARY CONDITION
of the parishes op
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminister,
DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1858,
by
BARNARD HOLT, F.R.C.S.
Medical Officer of Health.
To the Members of the District Hoard of Works.
Gentlemen,
The number of Births registered during the
present month amounts to 73 Males and 67 Females—making
a total of 140; while the Deaths are 76 Males and 49 Females,
or 125. The Deaths for a similar period last year were 97,
and the average of the previous 10 years 123-8: thus it would
appear that the Deaths of the present month exceeded those of
both last year and the average of the previous 10 years; but
from the present return 14 must be deducted—8 as belonging
to other parishes, and 6 for deaths arising from accidents;
thus reducing the actual number to 111; and if 10 per cent,
be added to the 10 years' average for increase of population, it
will raise the number from 123.8 to 136. Thus we may fairly
consider, that although there is an excess of 14 over the
previous year, yet there are 25 less deaths than the ten years'
average. Although the corrected Return is high in reference
to last year, there is a considerable decrease in comparison
with the month of May, for which the numbers were 138.