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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The number of deaths of children under one year of age
(Parishioners; see Table A at end of Report) was 204; the
percentage of such deaths to registered births was 13.64,
and to total deaths of parishioners, 16.76; thus the mortality
of children under one year of age was 136 to a thousand
births, or 9 less than in 1892, while in London generally it
was 164, and the average for the 33 largest English towns
was 181, the highest being Leicester, 204; Burnley, 213;
and Preston, 223, deaths of children under one year of age
to a thousand births.
| YEAR. | a. Persons aged sixty years and upwards. | b. Violence. | c. Inquest Cases. | d. Uncertified. | Percentages to Gross Total of Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. | b. | c. | d. | |||||
From Table V. it appears that there were 541 registered
deaths of persons aged 60 and upwards, giving a percentage
of 31.53 of the gross total of deaths, "as against a percentage
for London generally of only 23.83. There were, however,
(see Table VI.) only 307 deaths of parishioners of 65
years and upwards, giving a percentage of 25.23 of the
corrected total of deaths. From Table V. we also see that
93 violent deaths were registered in the parish, being 5.42
per cent. of the total deaths, but of the 93 deaths registered
under this heading, only 56 were those of parishioners
(see Table VI.), giving a percentage of 4.6 of the corrected