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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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The accompanying table shows the number of deaths which have taken place in the Parish in each of the last ten years, the births in each year being placed opposite:—
| deaths. | births. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1878 | 1,303 | 2,590 |
| 1879 | 1,456 | 2,667 |
| 1880 | 1,313 | 2,430 |
| 1881 | 1,254 | 2,414 |
| 1882 | 1,261 | 2,420 |
| 1883 | 1,172 | 2,402 |
| 1884 | 1,303 | 2,448 |
| 1885 | 1,195 | 2,390 |
| 1886 | 1,170 | 2,279 |
| 1887 | 1,216 | 2,363 |
The births were thus 84 more than in the preceding year, and 77
lees than the average.
According to the Registrar-General's sub-districts in which the births and deaths occurred, they stand thus:—
| Deaths. | Births. | Excess. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. James | 364 | 606 | 242 |
| Amwell | 269 | 623 | 354 |
| Pentonville | 297 | 486 | 189 |
| Goswell | 286 | 648 | 362 |
In each year a number of deaths of the parishioners takes place in
general and special Hospitals, in the Workhouses (which are extraparochial),
in the Infirmary, and in Lunatic Asylums. The number
of deaths which occurred in the hospitals in 1887 was 155; in the
workhouses, 60; in the infirmary, 113; in lunitic asylums, 5; so
that the extra-parochial deaths in all amounted to 333, making a
grand total of 1,549.
At the Census in 1871, the population of Clerkenwell amounted
to 65,380; in 1881, to 69,076 ; the increase being 3,696. Assuming
this rate of increase to have continued during the last six years, the
present population of the parish will be 71,290.
At this rate, the intra-parochial mortality for the year has been
17 0 por 1,000; including the hospital deaths 19.3; and the
workhouse and infirmary deaths, 21.7 per 1,000.