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St George (Westminster) 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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83
REPOBT
ON
THE SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE
Parish of St. George. Hamber Square,
FOR THE YEAR 1881,
BY
W. H. CORFIELD, M.A., M.D. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.),
Professor of Hygiene and Public Health
in University College, London,
MEDICAI, OFFICER OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC ANALYST.
(BEING HIS TENTH ANNUAL REPORT.)
Co the Destrg of tin Parish of St. Gtorge,
HANOVER SQUARE.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
The death-rate for the year 1881 was almost as low
as the unprecedentedly low rate for 1880; this is more
than I had expected, and shows, we may hope, that some
of the causes of these very low rates are permanent sanitary
improvements of one kind or another.
The gross total of deaths registered in the Parish during
the 52 weeks ending Saturday, December 31st, 1881, was