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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St James's 1884

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

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Table: The following number of Deaths were registered as having occurred in St. James's during the year 1884:-

The following number of Deaths were registered as having occurred in St. James's during the year 1884:-

First Quarter131
Second Quarter127
Third Quarter119
Fourth Quarter109
Gross mortality for year 1884486
Deduct Deaths of Non-Parishioners:-
Dying in the Workhouse22
Dying in the Throat Hospital4
26
460
Add Deaths among Zymotic cases removed to extra-Parochial Hospitals16
Net mortality for the year 1884476

Table: The deaths occurring in St. James s during the last ten vp;irs have been as follows:-

The deaths occurring in St. James s during the last ten vp;irs have been as follows:-

Gross Mortality.Net Mortality.
Year 1875Deaths 686621
„ 1876„ 621573
„ 1877„ 554517
„ 1878„ 693647
„ 1879„ 608568
„ 1880„ 623589
„ 1881„ 569545
„ 1882„ 538505
„ 1883„ 527501
„ 1884„ 486476