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batter cause in London, one only occurred in the St. Saviour's
District. That case was, in fact, registered as a case of Choleraic
Diarrhoea, but as it has been returned as Cholera by the
Registrar General, I have thought it best to conform to that
???lassification. There were 34 Coroners' Inquests held in the
District during the year, most of them resulting in verdicts of
Death from violent and accidental causes, including 6 Suicides.
In comparing the healthiness of the St. Saviour's District with
That of the whole of London, and of the South Districts, it is
???aeceessary to take the population of 1861 as the basis of calculation,
as the principle adopted by the Registrar General, of
???estimating the population up to the present time, although correct
when applied to the Metropolis at large, would be fallacious if
employed in reference to a locality of very limited area. Ac—
???croding to the census of 1861 the number of deaths to every
thousand living persons [in this district was 23, in the South
districts 25, and in the whole of London 25. As there can be
little doubt however that the populations of many other districts
have augmented to a much greater extent than that of St.
Saviour's, these calculations are not thoroughly reliable. Still it is
a fact that the south of Loudon now occupies an enviable position
in relation to the four other great districts into which London is
divided; and, there art! ample reasons for believing that St.
Saviour shares in this favourable result. .Last year, to every
thousand persons living the Central District suffered a mortality
of 24, the Eastern district 21, the Northern district 23, the
Western district 22, and the South a small fraction under 22.
In every District, excepting the South, the calculations give
a fraction over the numbers I have stated—their comparative
extent being indicated by the order in which the names of the
Districts are placed. It thus appears that the West, which has
so frequently stood the most favored of the five groups, had last
year to give place to the South, which now occupies the first
position in relation to the total mortality of London. I bring
these facts under your especial notice, because, for many years,
an opinion has almost universally prevailed prejudicial to this
side of the Thames, whereas improvement has been continuous
until it has at last attained the place to which I have just
adverted.
There were 1068 births registered in the District during the
year; and of the 824 deaths 25 occurred in Guy's Hospital, and
102 in the Workhouse ; 23 of the 25 persons who died in Hospital
were received into that institution from other Parishes. Of the
102 inmates who died in the Workhouse, 39 were between 60
and 80 years old, and 17 above 80, so that more than half the
mortality occurred among persons above 60 years of age. Only
five deaths were due to Epidemic causes.
In every annual report which I have had the honor to submit