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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Westminster 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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from underground dwellings. A quantity of Fish, unfit for
human food, was seized by Inspector Wood, and destroyed by
order of the Magistrate, who fined the owner, John Foley,
2, Great Peter Street, £1. 18s. Thirty-seven Hains were also
seized from the shop of Mr. VVillin, 13, Regent's Place, who
informed the Inspector of their unsoundness, which, having
examined, I directed them to be submitted to the Magistrate,
who directed they should be at once destroyed.
The following is a Tabular Statement of the Births and Deaths in each Parish, arranged as to sex:—
| BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | Corrected Deaths. | Deaths in 1858. | Deaths in 10 Years' average. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.Margaret, | St. John. | St.Margaret. St. John. | |||||||||||||||
| M | F. | Total. | M | F. | Total. | Total Births. | M | F. | Total. | M | F. | Total. | Total Deaths. | ||||
| Jan. | 48 | 55 | 103 | 61 | 48 | 100 | 212 | 34 | 41 | 75 | 36 | 29 | 65 | 140 | 122 | 129 | 138-3 |
| Feb. | 40 | 32 | 72 | 57 | 53 | 110 | 182 | 39 | 35 | 74 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 140 | 134 | 128 | 144-6 |
| March | 48 | 34 | 82 | 60 | 70 | 136 | 218 | 58 | 51 | 109 | 55 | 41 | 96 | 205 | 194 | 151 | 192-3 |
| Total | 136 | 121 | 257 | 178 | 177 | 355 | 612 | 131 | 127 | 258 | 122 | 105 | 227 | 485 | 450 | 408 | 475-2 |
The following Deaths occurred in the under-mentioned places:—
The following Deaths occurred at the undermentioned Ages:
Above Sixty, 30—above Seventy, 21—above Eighty, 15—above Ninety, 4.