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St James's 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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115
The following number of Deaths were registered as having
occurred in St. James's during the year 1882:—
First Quarter 145
Second Quarter 114
Third Quarter 131
Fourth Quarter 148
Gross mortality for year 1882 538
Deduct Deaths of Non-Parishioners:
Dying in the Workhouse 37
Dying in the Throat Hospital 0
37
501
Add Deaths among Zymotic cases removed to extra-
parochial Hospitals 4
Net mortality for the year 1882 505
505 deaths in a population of 29,865 is a death-rate of nearly
17 per 1,000.
The deaths occurring in St. James's during the last ten years
have been as follows:—
Gross
Mortality.
Net
Mortality.
Year 1873
Deaths
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
„ 1882
„
538
505