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St James's 1881
[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 1881:—
First Quarter 148
Second Quarter 132
Third Quarter 147
Fourth Quarter 142
Gross mortality for year 1881 569
Deduct Deaths of Non-Parishioners:
Dying in the Workhouse 31
Dying in the Throat Hospital 5
36
533
Add Deaths among Zymotic cases removed
to extra-Parochial Hospitals 12
Net mortality for the year 1881 545
545 deaths in a population of 29,865 is a death rate of
18.22 per 1,000.
The deaths occurring in St. James's during the last
ten years have been as follows:—
Gross Net
Mortality. Mortality.
Year 1872 Deaths 655 620
„ 1873 „ 686 629
„ 1874 „ 635 592
„ 1875 „ 686 621
„ 1876 „ 621 573
„ 1877 „ 554 517
„ 1878 „ 693 647
„ 1879 „ 608 568
„ 1880 „ 623 589
,, 1881 „ 569 545