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MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT
TO THE ST. SAVIOURS DISTRICT BOARD OF
WORKS.
Gentlemen,
The following report contains the vital and
sanitary statistics for the year 1888:—
The registered number of Births was 933, 462 occurring in
Christchurch and 471 in St. Saviour.
The registered number of Deaths was 557. 292 occurring
in Christchurch and 265 in St. Saviour.
61 persons died in Christchurch Workhouse, of which 4
belonged to St. Saviour, 20 to Christchurch, 20 to Newington,
and 17 to St. George the Martyr.
The following is a return of the deaths of persons who wore
removed from the District to Public Institutions. They amount
to 166, and are comprised as follow s :
DISEASES.
CHRIST-
CHURCH.
ST. SAVIOUR.
Totals.
Totals.
Zymotic
6
15
Dropsy, &c.
8
11
Tubercular
11
13
Nervous
5
6
Heart
6
5
Lungs
22
20
Digestive Organs
4
7
Kidneys
2
4
Childbirth
• • •
• • •
Joints, Bones, &c.
1
1
Skin
...
..
Malformation
...
...
Premature Birth
...
1
Atrophy
• • •
• • •
Old Age
• • •
2
Suddenness
...
...
Violence
5
10
Not specified
...
1
Totals
70
96
The death rate was 19.4 per 1000 of the population, and in