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Sub.District appears as 215 persons per acre, and that of the
Berwick Street Sub.District as 169 persons per acre.
During the year 1889 the death.rate of Registration
London has been 17.4 per 1,000; the death.rate of Greater
London has been 16.8 per 1,000; the death.rate of England
and Wales has been 17.9 per 1,000.
The net mortality for the Parish of St. James during the
year 1889 was 314 deaths. Taking the population at
29,865—314 deaths gives a death.rate of 10.51 per 1,000.
The mortality from Zymotic diseases during the year 1889
has been 34.
Of Fever and Diphtheria, 76 cases came under notice
during the year. Of these 76 cases, 2 were Diphtheria, 13
were Typhoid Fever, and 59 were Scarlet Fever, 1 was
Puerperal Fever, and 1 was returned as "Continued Fever."
There was also 1 case of Small.pox. Of these 76 cases, 61
were removed out of the Parish, 59 to extra Parochial Fever
or other Hospitals, 2 to their own homes; 15 of the 76 cases
were not removed. Besides the above, one case of Group and
two of Erysipelas came under notice.
During the year 1889, 30 bodies were removed into the
Mortuary. several cases bodies were removed from the
presence of families generally living in a single room, and
* where, but for the Public Mortuary, the family would have
lived and slept in the presence of a decomposing corpse, upon
which, possibly, a post.mortem would have had to be made
before the interment could take place. In 2 cases the bodies
have been removed from hotels or lodging.houses. Twelve
inquests have been held upon bodies lying in the Mortuary,
and 10 post.mortem examinations for judicial purposes have
been made in the Examination Room which adjoins the
Mortuary.