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The following numbers of Deaths were registered as having
occurred in St. James's during the year 1889:—
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
Gross mortality for year 1889
Deduct deaths of Non.Parishioners:—
Dying in the Workhouse 44
Dying in the Throat Hospital 15
59
Net mortality for the year 1889 314
For a population of 29,865, 314 deaths is a death.rate of
10.51 for each 1,000 persons living in the parish. 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 have taken place
in the population of St. James's since the Census of 1881:—
Gross
Net
Deaths
Mortality. Mortality, per 1,000.
Year 1880
Deaths
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
„ 1889
„
373
314
10.51
109
111
76
77
373