London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1893
Medical Officer's report for the year ended 30th December, 1893
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Amsterdam 18.6
Cincinnati 18.7
and the highest being:-
Calcutta 25.9
Trieste 27.9
New Orleans 28.1
Bombay 28.1
Breslau 29.1
St. Petersburg 30.6
Moscow 35.9
Alexandria 36.3
Madras 40.9
Cairo 50.9
In Berlin the rate was 210, in Paris 21.8 and in Vienna 24.0.
| year. | Registered Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 per annum (52 weeks.) | Deaths of Children under 1 Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Percentage to Registered Births. | Percentage to Total Deaths of Parishioners | |||
From Table IV. we see that the number of births in the
Parish was 1,496, and that the birth-rate was 18.90 per
thousand per annum, as against 19.31 in 1892.
The birth-rate for London proper was 31.9, that of
greater London being 30.6, and that of the outer ring 29.6.
The average birth-rate of the 33 largest English towns
was 31.9, or exactly the same as that of 1892, the highest
being those of Gateshead, 36.5; Cardiff. 36.1; and Liverpool,
36.0; and the lowest those of Brighton, 25.4; Halifax, 24.6;
and Huddersfield, 23.8.