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Clerkenwell 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT
For 1869.
With Table of Causes of Death, &c.
To the Vestry of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell.
Gentlemen,
In accordance with the provisions of the Local Management
Act, I hereby respectfully submit to you my Fourteenth Annual
Report, for the year 1869.
For tho more easy comparison of the details of this Report, with
those of the Reports of former years, I shall adhere closely to the
form hitherto adopted.

Table: In the table below, the numbers of deaths occurring in each of the last 10 years, are shown; and opposite to them are the numbers of births for the same years.

In the table below, the numbers of deaths occurring in each of the last 10 years, are shown; and opposite to them are the numbers of births for the same years.

Deaths.Births.
186013832279
186114942295
186215722287
186316092449
186417352224
186516132389
186616612434
186714972452
186816442478
186915122410
Average15622369

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It will also be seen that the births were 41 more than the average;
but 68 less than the preceding year.
The sub-districts in which the deaths and births occurred were
as follows:—
Deaths. Births. Excess.
St. James 591 734. + 143.
Amwell 302 612. + 310.
Pentonville 255 487. + 232.
Goswell 364 577. + 213.
Every year a certain number of deaths of the inhabitants of this
parish, takes place in General and Special Hospitals, and in Lunatic
Asylums. The estimated number of these for the year 1869 is 110.
The births being 2410, and the deaths 1512, the excess—or the
natural increase of the population—amounted to 898. In the preceding
year this was 834.