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34
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
TO THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE ST.
SAVIOURS DISTRICT.
Gentlemen—
The report I have the honour to submit to you, contains the
Vital and Sanitary Statistics for the year 1889, compiled from
my own notes, and from the papers supplied to me by the
representatives of your late Medical Officer, Dr. Bianchi.
Taking, first, the number of Births in the two districts as
890 : 464 occurred in Christchurch and 420 in St. Saviour.
The number of Deaths registered was 470 : of which 243
occurred in Christchurch and 227 in St. Saviour.
COMPARISON OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Christchurch.
St. Saviour.
births.
deaths.
births. deaths.
Males
237
144
Males
219
106
Females
227
99
Females.
207
121
Totals
464
243
Totals
426
227
Excess of Births
221
Excess of Births
199
Total Births
890
Total Deaths
470
Total excess of Births
420
Estimating the population of the two districts at 28,662
and the number of deaths at 470, the death-rate is 16.3 per
thousand, which is a decrease on the year 1888 of 31 per
thousand, and below the average death-rate of the whole of
London for the year by 1.1 per thousand.