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St James's 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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129
The following number of Deaths were registered as having
occurred in St. James's during the year 1883.
First Quarter 138
Second Quarter 147
Third Quarter 115
Fourth Quarter 127
Gross mortality for year 1883 527
Deduct Deaths of Non-Parishioners :
Dying in the Workhouse 28
Dying in the Throat Hospital 1
29
498
Add Deaths among Zymotic cases removed to
extra-parochial Hospitals 3
Net mortality for the year 1883 501
501 deaths in a population of 29,865 is a death-rate of 16*8
per 1,000.
The deaths occurring in St. James's during the last ten years
have been as follows :
Gross
Mortality.
Net
Mortality.
Year 1874
Deaths
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
„ 1883
„
527
501
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