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 1894
Medical Officer's report for the year ended 29th December, 1894
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Table IV.
| YEAR. | Registered Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 per annum (52 weeks.) | Deaths op Children under 1 Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, | Percentage to Registered Births. | Percentage to Total Deaths of Parishioners | |||
| 1891 | 1,610 | 17.96 | 216 | 13.41 | 16.45 |
| 1892 | 1,519 | 19.31 | 220 | 14.48 | 16 .49 |
| 1893 | 1.496 | 18.90 | 204 | 13.64 | 16.76 |
| 189 4 | 1,499 | 18.88 | 177 | 11.81 | 12.78 |
From Table IV. we see that the number of births in the
Parish was 1,499, and that the birth-rate was 18.88 per
thousand per annum, as against 18.90 in 1893.
The birth-rate for London proper was 30.1, as against
31.9 in 1893.
The average birth-rate of the 33 largest English towns
was 30.7, as against 31.9 in 1892 and 1893, the highest
being those of Liverpool 35.4, Sunderland 35.1, Cardiff 34.4 ;
and the lowest those of Brighton 25.8, Croydon 25.0,
Halifax 23.1, and Huddersfield 20.2.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age
(Parishioners; see Table A at end of Report) was only 177 ;
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and the highest being:—
Calcutta 29.8
Trieste 30.2
St. Petersburg 31.4
Bombay 33.3
Moscow 34.2
Madras . 36.7
Alexandria 40.6
Cairo 52.0
In Berlin the rate was 18.2, in Paris 20.3, and in Vienna
22.8 ; all lower than in 1893.
But it is worthy of remark that most of the foreign
cities had higher death-rates in 1894 than in 1893, owingto
the prevalence of Diarrhceal Diseases, including Cholera.