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9
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to place before you the Statistical Tables
recording the number of Births and Deaths in the District for the
year 1879 together with such other Sanitary information as is
required from me as your Officer of Health.
The registered number of deaths which occurred in Christ
Church was 415, and in St. Saviour 364, making a total of 779
deaths.
The total number or births was 1,021, comprised in the
following details:—
Christ Church
Males
269
Females
235
504
St. Saviour's
Males
271
Females
246
517
1,021
The deaths in Christ Church Workhouse amount to 117. It
is necessary to explain that this high rate of mortality is caused by
its being occupied by aged and infirm men, who are drafted there
from other Parishes of the Union. Of the total number who died,
76 were between 60 and 80 years of age, and 17 between 80 and
90.
The following is a statement of all the deaths which occurred
from various causes during the year.