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Clerkenwell 1892

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

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111
REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR 1892.
To the Vestry of St. James and, St. John, Clerkenwell.
Gentlemen,
I do myself the honour or laying before you my Thirtyseventh
Annual Report on the Mortality, &c., of the Parish during
the year 1892.
The number of deaths occurring from all causes in Clerkenwell
during the year 1892 was 1,125. The annual average for the last
ten years was 1,173, so that the deaths were 48 less than the
average. The deaths in 1891 having been 1.171, those in 1892
were 46 less than in the preceding year.

Table: The accompanying table exhibits 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;—

The accompanying table exhibits 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.
18831,1722,402
18811,3032,448
18851,1952,390
18861,1702,279
18871,2162,363
18881,1682,311
18891,0332,277
18901,1842,204
18911,1712,222
18921,1252,175