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36

First
Quarter.
Second
Quarter.
Third
Quarter.
Fourth
Quarter.
Population.
St. James's Sq. Div.
38
27
28
27
10,753
Golden Square Div.
67
69
44
68
13,963
Berwick Street Div.
65
49
61
67
10,608
Workhouse
50
62
32
36
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220
207
164
198
35,324
It will be at once seen how different is the
mortality in the three divisions in the parish.
Whilst the people die at the low rate of only 11 in
the 1000 in St. James's Square Division, they die
at the rate of 18 in 1000 in Golden Square, and
22 in the 1000 in the Berwick Street Division.
These calculations do not, however, include the
Workhouse, vvhich includes in its population a far
larger number of persons who have resided in
Berwick Street, than either in the Golden Square
or St. James's Square Division. This would raise
the Berwick Street mortality probably as high as
25 in the 1000, shewing that in the midst of the
parish we have a population less healthy than that
of the mass of the population of London. If we
turn to the table of causes of death we shall find
that in the principal causes of the increased
mortality of the Berwick Street District, is the
prevalence of Zymotic diseases. These diseases
spread more easily in overcrowed populations, and