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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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Scarlet Fever, Small Pox, Measles, and other diseases of a
similar character are much diminished, and altogether the
Parishes exhibit a very satisfactory condition of health.
The following is a Tabular statement of the Births and
Deaths in each Parish, arranged as to sex:—

Table: QUARTERLY ACCOUNT OF BIRTHS & DEATHS ENDING JUNE 1859.

QUARTERLY ACCOUNT OF BIRTHS & DEATHS ENDING JUNE 1859.

BIRTHS.DEATHS.Corrected Deaths.Deaths in 1858.Deaths in 10 Years' average.Deaths last Quarter.
St. Margaret.St. John.St. Margaret.St. John.
MF.Total.MF.Total.Total Births.MF.Total.MF.Total.Total Deaths.
April3547825967126208323567343165132119157174-3123
May4540855656112197363268292554122114165130-7106
June452166455510016633356820214110994125122-3122
Total1251082331601783385711011022038377160363327447427-3351

Table: The following Deaths occurred in the under-mentioned places:—

The following Deaths occurred in the under-mentioned places:—

Workhouses.Hospitals.Prisons.Barracks.
39Westminster 29House of Correction 6
Grenadier Gds. 2Millbank 2
Coldstream Gds. 5
Emanuel 1

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I again desire to call the attention of your Board to the
subject of the Overcrowding of Dwellings as one, the
importance of which it is utterly impossible to over-estimate.
Annexed is a list of places already examined, giving the
number of occupants, dimensions of rooms, cubic capacity and
deficiency.