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St James's 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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Table: The following table shows the deaths of persons reported as coming from St. James's, and dying in outlying institutions during the year 1891:—

The following table shows the deaths of persons reported as coming from St. James's, and dying in outlying institutions during the year 1891:—

Accidental Injury7
Aneurism1
Apoplexy1
B right's Disease5
Blood Poisoning1
Bronchitis16
Brain Disease11
Cancer12
Carbuncle1
Croup1
Diphtheria6
Gangrene1

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The net mortality of the Parish of St. James's
(together with deaths in outlying institutions) for the year
1891, was 493. In a population of 24,993, 493 deaths
amount to a death-rate of 19.73 per 1,000. The death-rate
of Registration London, for the year 1881, was 21.1 per
1,000.
The following numbers of deaths were registered as
having occurred in St. James's during the year 1891:—
First Quarter 105
Second Quarter 147
Third Quarter 88
Fourth Quarter 78
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