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REPORT
on the
SANITARY CONDITION
op the parishes op
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,
For the QUARTER ending 24th JUNE, 1860,
by
BARNARD HOLT, F.R.C.S.
Medical Officer of Health.
To the Members of the District Board of Works.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to inform you, that the number
of Births registered during the present quarter has been 256
Males, and 234 Females, or a total of 490 Births; while the
Deaths have numbered 232 Males, and 209 Females, or a total
of 441 Deaths. From these, however, must be deducted 26
as arising from accident and as belonging to other parishes,
thus reducing the actual number to 415. The Deaths for a
similar period in 1859 amounted to 359, and for the 10 years'
average to 408-9; if, however, this average is raised with a
view to comparison for increase of population, the numbers
will be 443-8; thus showing the large increase of 81 Deaths
in reference to 1859, and only a decrease of 1-2 in reference to
the 10 years' average.
A critical examination of the Death Return compels me to
conclude, that this great addition is mainly attributable to the
protracted cold and unsettled state of the atmosphere; inasmuch