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St James's 1880

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

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The following number of Deaths were registered as
having occurred in St. James's during the year 1880:—
First Quarter 179
Second Quarter 158
Third Quarter 145
Fourth Quarter 141
Gross mortality for year 1880 623
Deduct Deaths of Non-Parishioners —
Dying in the Workhouse 34
Dying in the Throat Hospital 9
— 44
579
Add Deaths among Zymotic cases removed
to extra-Parochial Hospitals 10
Net mortality for the year 1880 589
589 deaths in a population of 33,500 is a death rate
of 17.6 per 1000.
The deaths occurring in St. James's during the last
ten years have been as follows:—
Year 1871 Deaths 680
„ 1872 „ 620
„ 1873 ,, 629
„ 1874 „ 592
„ 1875 „ 621
„ 1876 ,, 573
„ 1877 „ 554
„ 1878 „ 693
„ 1879 ,, 608
„ 1880 ,, 623