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REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
For 1879.
To the Vestry of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell.
Gentlemen,
The number of deaths arising from all causes in Clerkenwell,
during the year 1879, was 1456. The annual average of the
last ten years was 1416, so that the deaths were 40 more than
the average. The deaths in 1878 having been 1303, those in
1879 were 153 more than in the preceding year.
The accompanying table exhibits the number of deaths which
have taken place in each of the last ten years, the births in each
year being placed opposite:—
deaths.
births.
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
1879
1,456
2,667
The births were thus 77 more than in the preceding year, and
156 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
463
804
341
Amwell
374
698
324
Pentonville
298
511
213
Goswell
321
654
333