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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Clerkenwell 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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| deaths. | BIRTHS. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 1,512 | 2,410 |
| 1870 | 1,473 | 2,415 |
| 1871 | 1,417 | 2,274 |
| 1872 | 1,323 | 2,353 |
| 1873 | 1,513 | 2,664 |
| 1874 | 1,417 | 2,565 |
| 1875 | 1,539 | 2,505 |
| 1876 | 1,342 | 2,559 |
| 1877 | 1,385 | 2,522 |
| 1878 | 1,303 | 2,590 |
The births were thus 68 more than in the preceding year, and
105 more than the average.
According to the Registrar-General's sub-districts in which the deaths and births occurred, they stand thus:—
| deaths. | births. | excess. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. -James | 402 | 776 | 374 |
| Amwell | 343 | 622 | 279 |
| Pentonville | 244 | 539 | 295 |
| Groswell | 314 | 653 | 339 |
In each year a number of the deaths of the parishioners takes
place in general and special Hospitals, and in Lunatic Asylums,
situated in other parishes. The number of these estimated for 1878
is 99.
The number of births having been 2,590, and of deaths 1,303,
the excess, or the natural increase of population, is 1,287.
The number of deaths which occurred in the parish in 1878, is
the smallest number which has occurred since the existence of the
Vestry.
The number of deaths arising from the principal zymotic diseases
in 1878, was 235; being a diminution of 49 in regard to the
preceding year. The numbers and causes of the deaths taking
place from these principal zymotic diseases during the last ten years
are exhibited in the subjoined table:—