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General Mortality of the Parish in 1872.
The deaths for fifty-two weeks of 1872, was six
hundred and fifty-five. This is the smallest death
rate that has been recorded for any year since 1866.
This number, however, includes the death of a large
number of individuals who have died in the Workhouse,
who had been brought from the Parish of
St. Anne's, Soho; if these be deducted, a still
smaller bill of mortality is presented. Thus,
Deaths in St. James's, Westminster, - 655
,, from St. Anne's Soho 35
620
The deaths from St. Anne's, Soho, have been
respectively,
1869 41
1870 38
1871 41
1872 35
The average death rate for St. Anne's has been 39
per annum.
The average death rate of the Parish for the last
sixteen years has been fourteen a week; whilst during