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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St James's 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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Table: The following table shows the periods of life in which the deaths have occurred in the last three years respectively. It will be observed that the mortality of infants and young children was much diminished during the year 1874.

The following table shows the periods of life in which the deaths have occurred in the last three years respectively. It will be observed that the mortality of infants and young children was much diminished during the year 1874.

1872.Under 1 Year.Above 1 and under 5.Above 5 and under 20.Above 20 and under 40.Above 40 and under 60.Above 60 and under 80.Above 80.Total.
First Quarter413561939388186
Second Quarter302272720355146
Third Quarter49131120302910162
Fourth Quarter291692437424161
Total14986339012614427655
1873.
First Quarter231451726433131
Second Quarter3413422302712142
Third Quarter522352131228162
Fourth Quarter546013544489251
Total163110159513114032686
1874.
First Quarter352382442409181
Second Quarter342152430304148
Third Quarter251051621314112
Fourth Quarter3120920445713194
Total12574278413715830635

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It is very satisfactory to see that the Zymotic Deaths for 1874 were less than half the yearly average of the
previous twenty years, anil considerably less than in any one year of the previous twenty.
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