Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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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 death-rate 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 |