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St James's 1884

[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 1884:—
First Quarter
131
Second Quarter
127
Third Quarter
119
Fourth Quarter
109
Gross mortality for year 1884
486
Deduct Deaths of Non-Parishioners:—
Dying in the Workhouse
22
Dying in the Throat Hospital
4
26
460
Add Deaths among Zymotic cases removed to
extra-Parochial Hospitals
16
Net mortality for the year 1884
476
476 deaths in a population of 29,865 is a death-rate of 15.94
per thousand.
The deaths occurring in St. James s during the last ten
vp;irs have been as follows:—
Gross
Mortality.
Net
Mortality.
Year 1875
Deaths 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
„ 1884
„ 486
476