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St James's 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
OF THE
VESTRY OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
Reverend SIR and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the following Report upon
the Public Health of the Parish of St. James, Westminster,
for the year
The census of 1881 gives the District of the Parish of St.
James us covering an area of 162 acres and containing a
population of 29,865.
The Golden Square Sub-District appears as covering an
area of 51 acres, and containing a population of 11,585.
The Berwick Street Sub-District appears as covering an
area of 108 acres, and containing a population of 18,280.
Taking these data from the census, the mean density of the
population of the whole District appears as 184 per acre,
while the density of the population in the Golden Square Sub-