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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 1861
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]
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The following is a Tabular Statement of the Births and
Deaths in each Parish, arranged as to sex :—
MONTHLY ACCOUNT OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
| BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | Corrected Deaths. | | Deaths in 1860. | 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 | 43 | 40 | 83 | 57 | 53 | 110 | 193 | 46 | 49 | 95 | 39 | 28 | 67 | 162 | 149 | 140 | 138-8 |
| Feb | 41 | 41 | 82 | 55 | 50|105 | 187 | 44 | 48 | 92 | 43 | 28 | 71 | 163 | 148 | 140 | 145-1 | |
| Mar | 52 | 48 | 100 | 70 | 66|130 | 236 | 61 | 31 | 92 | 52 | 52 | 104 | 196 | 181 | 205 | 196-7 | |
| Total | 136129 | 265182 | 169| 351 | 616 | 151 | 128 279 | 134 | 108 | 242 | 521 | 478 | 485 | 480-6 | ||||
A comparison of Deaths above Sixty Years of age, shows a
very large increase upon the previous year; for while in 1860
the number was 65, in 1861 it was 99—as is shown in the
following table:—
Deaths above Sixty, 52—above Seventy, 39—above Eighty, 8—Total 99.
The premises in Carpenter Street that were reported upon
some time since, have been sufficiently repaired; and in those
instances where overcrowding existed, the tenants have been
removed: this is a source of considerable satisfaction, as it
may induce other landlords, in similar cases, to adopt the same
plan.
A complaint having emanated from the authorities of the
Guards' Hospital, respecting an accumulation of dust, I
directed it should be immediately removed, and that any complaint
that might arise from such a cause in future, should be
immediately dealt with by the Nuisances Removal Committee.