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from St. Anne's, Soho. The number this year is
larger than usual—
Death rate in St. James, Westminster 686
Deaths of persons brought to the Workhouse
from St. Anne's, Soho 57
True death of St. James's, Westminster 629
The death rate of the year 1872 was 620, so that
the cxcess of deaths over the last year was only 9.
But for the unfortunate outbreak of Measles in the
last quarter of the year, bringing up the death rate
from the average of 145 in each of the previous
quarters to the number 251, last year would have
been the healthiest year ever recorded in the Parish.
As compared with the average death rate in the
Parish, which has been 730, it shews a diminution
of ONE HUNDRED AND 01SE DEATHS.
The deaths below the average for the last three
years have been as follows:—
1871
680
50 below average.
1872
620
110 ,,
1873
629
101 ,,
Total
261 ,,
When it is remembered that where one life is saved
that above 20 cases of disease are prevented, you
will see how large an amount of anxiety, suffering,
and money has been saved.
The following tables will give the ages at which