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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 1890

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

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The death-rate of Edinburgh was 18.0 (exactly the same
as in 1888), that of Glasgow 24.8, and that of Dublin 25.7,
the two latter being higher than in 1888.

Table: Asusual the lowest death-rates in foreign cities are much higher than the death-rate of this Parish, the nearest to it being those of—

Asusual the lowest death-rates in foreign cities are much higher than the death-rate of this Parish, the nearest to it being those of—

Baltimore17.0
St. Louis17.8
Brussels19.4
The Hague19.4
and the highest being—
Munich31.0
Moscow39.6
Madras43.0
Alexandria44.3
Cairo50.5

Table: Table II.

Table II.

YEAR.Registered Births.Birth-rate per 1,000 per ann.(52 weeksDeaths of Children under 1 Year.
Total.Percentage to Registered Births.Percentage to Total Deaths (uncorrected).
1879 (53 weeks)2,16823.2629813.7514.48
18802,14023.9131014.4910.71
18812,09223.3028013.3814.49
18821,93521.6127114.0114.52
18831,87820.9728715.2815.50
1884 (53 weeks)1,93321.1825913.4013.83
18851,76719.7321912.3912.35
18801,76119.6026915.2814.10
18871,74919.5327515.7215.92
18881,07918.7423614.0512.98
18891,67018.6423414.0114.06