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from other Parishes than Saint James's, Westminster;
and, second, that it is situate in one district of the
Parish, and receives inmates from all three. It is
probable, though I have no data to prove it, that
the deaths in the Workhouse are greater from
Berwick Street than from the two other districts of
the Parish. In calculating the death rate of the
districts I have always distributed the deaths in the
Workhouse over the three districts equally.
The following table gives the deaths in the
Workhouse for the last ten years :
1862 135
1863 159
1864 178
1865 129
1866 132
1867 136
1868 145
1869 142
1870 143
1871 80
The following are the deaths of persons, brought
from St. Anne's Parish, in
1869 41
1870 38
1871 41
The population of a Workhouse is subject to great
fluctuations at all times dependent on the prosperity,
health, and other circumstances of a district. The