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TO THE
Destry of St. George, Hanober Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
During the year ended March 26th, 1870, 2265 births
and 1836 deaths were registered in the Parish, including
those of 285 non-parishioners in St. George's Hospital, 110
in the Workhouse, Mount-street; 38 in Little Chelsea
Workhouse; 5 in the Belgrave Hospital for Children, and
2 in the Orthopaedic Hospital, Oxford-street. I am happy
to report that the total mortality (1836) shows a decrease of
112 as compared with 1948 recorded in 1868-9, representing
an annual death-rate of 20 per thousand, instead
of 21*3 in the previous year. But deducting the deaths
(292) of non-parishioners at the preceding hospitals, the
death-rate at home was 16*8 per thousand, which is the
lowest that has hitherto been obtained for the whole Parish,
during the last 14 years. The annual death-rate throughout
the Metropolis, during the same period, was 24.
The highest number of deaths occurred in the first
quarter of the present year, according to the following
table:—