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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 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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the ten years from 1870 to 1879. This is equivalent to a
death-rate of only 16'64 per thousand per annum, or more
than 2 per thousand less than the average of the preceding
ten years, and nearly 1 per thousand less than it was in 1877
—the lowest annual death-rate previously recorded.
The death-rate of London, and also that of the twentythree
large English Towns, were both lower than last year,
but that of London was a little higher than in 1877, as will
be seen from Table Ia.
So low a death-rate as 16'64 must at present be regarded
as exceptional, and is not, I think, likely to be maintained in
future years, though we may hope that it will be.
T able I a.
| 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty-three Towns | 26.3 | 26.4 | 23.7 | 23.0 | 24.4 | 23.4 | 22.7 |
| London | 22.6 | 23.7 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 23.5 | 23.3 | 22.2 |
| St. George's Hanover Square | 18.56 | 19.05 | 18.20 | 17.46 | 18.17 | 18.25 | 16.64 |
The death-rate in greater London was 21 per thousand per
annum, being 22.2 in London proper and 16.6 in the Outer
Ring. In 1879 the corresponding rates were 22, 23.3, and
16.9.
It thus appears that the corrected death-rate in this Parish
in 1880 was almost exactly the same as that in the Outer
Ring of Greater London.
Neither of the 23 large towns in the United Kingdom had
nearly so low a death-rate as this Parish; the nearest to it
being Portsmouth with 18.7, and the next Brighton with 19.6