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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

Hanover Square 1863

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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The gross number of deaths in the Belgrave sub-district
is 1279. If we estimate the population at the close
of the year 1862 as 58.000, the gross rate of mortality was
22 per 1000 living. If we exclude the 317 deaths in St.
George's Hospital, and take non-account of those which
occurred in the workhouse, the deaths at home were 962,
or at the rate of 16.6 per 1000 living.
The deaths under 5, in the Belgrave sub-district, were
489, or nearly half of the total deaths at home. Last year
the deaths under 5 in this sub-district were 580. So that
this year there has been a saving of nearly 100 children's
lives.

Table: For an example, in 5 squares inhabited by the rich and 7 streets inhabited by the poor, the deaths under and over 5 during the last year were as follows:—

For an example, in 5 squares inhabited by the rich and 7 streets inhabited by the poor, the deaths under and over 5 during the last year were as follows:—

1862.1863.
Deaths under 5.Deaths over 5.Deaths under 5.Deaths over 5.
Belgrave-square1202
Eaton-square0508
Chester-square1403
Eccleston-square0402
Warwick-square0201
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