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Westminster 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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REPORT
on the
SANITARY CONDITION
of the parishes of
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,
FOR THE QUARTER ending 24th JUNE 1859,
by
BARNARD HOLT, F.R.C.S.
Medical Officer of Health.
To the Members of the District Board of Works.
Gentlemen,
I have the honor to inform you that the number
of Births registered during the present quarter has been 285
Males and 286 Females, or a total of 571 Births; while the
Deaths have numbered 184 Males and 179 Females, or a total
of 363 Deaths. From these, however, must be deducted 36
as arising from accident and as belonging to other parishes,
which reduces the actual number to 327. The Deaths for a
similar period in 1858 amounted to 447, and the average of the
previous 10 years to 427-3; if, however, this average is raised
with a view to comparison for an increased population, the
numbers will be 469-3; thus showing a decrease of 120 Deaths
as compared with a similar period in 1858, and 142 as compared
with the average of the previous 10 years.