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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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85 deaths of males and 93 of females, in Christchurch there
were 99 deaths of males and 93 of females, and in Christchurch
Workhouse there were 3 males whose deaths were registered.
Included in these figures are 11 cases in which inquests were held
on strangers found within the district, and 2 of the deaths in the
Workhouse were those of persons belonging to other parishes.
The total of deaths is therefore :—
| St. Saviour | 178 |
| Christchurch | 192 |
| Christchurch Workhouse | 3 |
| Outlying Institutions | 237 |
| 610 | |
| Less non-parishioners | 13 |
| 597 |
The death rate for the district therefore proves to be 24 66
per 1,000 of the population, and when multiplied by the factor
for age and sex distribution, a corrected death rate of 25.81 is
obtained.
The following is the distribution of deaths according to age :—
| Under the age of 1 year | 143 |
| Between the ages of 1 and 5 years | 92 |
| „ „ 5 and 15 „ | 24 |
| „ „ 15 and 25 „ | 24 |
| „ „ 25 and 65 „ | 210 |
| 65 years and over | 117 |
The percentage of deaths for each age period is as follows .
23.45 per cent. of total deaths took place under the age of l year.
15.08 „ „ „ between the ages of 1 and 5 years.
8.93 „ „ „ „ „ 5 „ „ 15„ „
3.93 „ „ „ „ „ 15 „ 25 „
34.43 „ „ „ „ „ 25 „ 65 „
19.18 „ „ „ at the age of 65 and upwards.