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St James's 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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| 1. | Causes of Death | 155 |
| 2. | Cases of Fever, Small Pox and Diphtheria | 159 |
| 3. | Sanitary Inspectors' Work | 165 |
| 4. | Summary of Sanitary Inspectors' Work | 168 |
| 5. | Underground Rooms cleared of Occupants | 169 |
For a population of 29,865, 386 deaths is a death-rate of
12.96 per thousand. The net mortality and death-rate of
St. James's have been continuously decreasing. These facts,
for the last ten years, are shown in the following table, but,
until we have a new census, it is difficult to know what
changes are taking place in the population of St. James's
since the census of 1881:—
Gross
Mortality.
Net
Mortality
Death
Rates.
Year 1879
Deaths
608
568
17.00
„ 1880
„
623
589
17.60
„ 1881
„
569
545
18.22
„ 1882
„
538
505
17.00
„ 1883
„
527
501
16.80
,, 1884
„
486
476
15.94
„ 1885
„
476
451
15.10
„ 1886
„
493
450
15.07
„ 1887
„
463
426
14.26
„ 1888
„
427
386
12.96