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the Throat Hospital, being precisely ascertainable, have
been deducted from the gross mortality occurring in St.
James's. For the year 1891 the deaths of persons from
St. James's reported as dying in outlying Institutions have,
for the first time, been shown in the periodical reports to
the Vestry. The epidemic termed Influenza caused a great
rise in pulmonary deaths during January and December,
1890.
The net mortality in the Parish of St. James during the
year 1890 was 340 deaths. Taking the population at
29,865—340 deaths gives a death.rate of 11 38 per 1,000.
The deaths occuring in St. James's from Zymotic diseases
during the year 1890 have been 26.
Of Zymotic disease 77 cases came under notice during
the year. Of these 77 cases, 11 were Diphtheria, 7 were
Typhoid Fever, and 52 were Scarlet Fever; 1 was returned
as "Continued Fever," there was 1 case of Croup and 5 cases
of Erysipelas. Of these 77 cases, 43 were removed out of
the Parish, 39 to extra.Parochial Fever or other Hospitals,
4 to their own homes; 34 of the 77 cases were not removed.
During the year 1890, 27 bodies were removed into the
Mortuary. In several cases bodies were removed from the
presence of families living in a single room. One body was
removed from the Union House, and one from the Throat
Hospital. Sixteen inquests have been held upon bodies
lying in the Mortuary, and 16 post.mortem examinations
for judicial purposes have been made in the Examination
Room which adjoins the Mortuary.