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1856 682
1857 712
1858 669
1859 764
1860 723
1861 758
1862 727
I shall not on the present occasion make any
comments upon the very unequal manner in which
this death presses upon the different districts of the
Parish, but satisfy myself with giving the deathrate
of the different districts of the Parish for the
last and preceding five years:—
Population.
Deaths in
1862.
1861.
1860.
1859.
1858.
1857.
St. James's Square
Division,
10,753
123
148
129
149
139
148
Golden Square
Division,
13,963
267
245
247
262
182
232
Berwick Street
Division,
10,068
218
250
236
249
219
219
Workhouse,
..
135
114
112
109
127
114
There are one or two points in this Table worthy
of remark, and. the first is that the mortality of the
Berwick Street Division has never been so low any
year of the six years as last year. The full value
of this statement can only he understood when it is
recollected that the Berwick Street Division of the
Parish is that which is most overcrowded, contains