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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 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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During the year 1877 the following number of
Deaths were registered as having occurred in St.
James's:—
First Quarter 128
Second Quarter 129
Third Quarter 151
Fourth Quarter 146
Gross mortality for year 1877 554
Deduct Deaths of Non-Parishioners
Dying in the Workhouse 29
Dying in the Throat Hospital 8
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Net mortality for year 1877 517
517 deaths in a population of 33,500 is a net
death rate of 15.4 per 1000.
In the year 1877 the net death rate was 17.1
per 1000
The deaths occurring in St. James's during the
last six years have been as follows:—
Year 187 Deaths 680
„ 1872 „ 620
„ 1873 „ 629
„ 1874 „ 592
„ 1875 „ 621
„ 1876 „ 573
„ 1877 „ 554