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Hanover Square 1894
Medical Officer's report for the year ended 29th December, 1894
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It must, however, be borne in mind that this estimate is
based upon the Census population of 1891, which I believe to
be, for reasons given in previous Annual Reports, considerably
too low, in fact some thousands below the real population.
The calculated death-rates are therefore no doubt all too
high ; they are as follows : —
Mayfair- - - 10.531
Belgravia - - 15.10
* Whole Parish - - 13.8oJ per 1000 per annum.
It will be seen from Table I. that the death-rate of the
Parish during 1894 was nevertheless the lowest on record,
being no less than 2J per thousand lower than the average
of the preceding ten vears.
Table I.
| YEAR. | Gross Total of Deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Proportional Share of Deaths in Public Institutions | Corrected Total of Deaths. (52 weeks). | Corrected Death-rate per 1,000 per annum (52 weeks). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884 (53 weeks) | 1,873 | 769 | 384 | 1.460 | 16.30 |
| 1885 | I 1,773 | 766 | 436 | 1,443 | 16.11 |
| 1886 | 1,900 | 797 | 435 | 1,538 | 17.17 |
| 1887 | 1,727 | 762 | 473 | 1,438 | 16.05 |
| 1888 | 1,817 | 861 | 482 | 1,438 | 16.05 |
| 1889 | 1,664 | 756 | 363 | 1,271 | 15.82 |
| 1890 (53 weeks) | 1,986 | 997 | 340 | 1,304 | 16.46 |
| Deaths of Non-Parishioners in the Parish. | Deaths of Parishioners in Public Institutions outside the Parish. | ||||
| 1891 | 1,877 | 904 | 144 | 1,312 | 16.22 |
| 1892 | 1,751 | 564 | 147 | 1,334 | 16.97 |
| 1893 | 1,716 | 654 | 155 | 1,217 | 15.38 |
| Average during ten years, 1884-1893 | 1,808 | 1,376 | 16.30 | ||
| 1 894 | 1,510 | 554 | 140 | 1,096 | 13.80 |
| Average during ten years, 1885-1894 | 1,772 | 1,340 | 16.05 |
Applying the correction for age and sex distribution (factor = 1.10438),
given by Mr. Murphy in his Annual Report to the London County Council
for 1893, the death-rate of the Parish for 1894 would be 15.24,