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Hanover Square 1894

Medical Officer's report for the year ended 29th December, 1894

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the percentage of such deaths to registered births was 11.81,
and to total deaths of parishioners, 12.78 ; thus the mortality
of children under one year of age was only 118 to a thousand
births, or 18 less than in 1893, while in London generally it
was 143, and the average for the 33 largest English towns
was 152, the highest being Nottingham 174, Salford 174,
Liverpool 179, and Preston 217, deaths of children under
one year of age to a thousand births.

Table V.

YEAR.A. Persons aged sixty years and upwards.B. Injuries.G. Inquest Cases.D. Uncertified.Percentages to Gross Total of Deaths.
A.B.C.D.
1885557791062231.424.466.01 .25
1886604791354131.794.167.12.15
1887521881222030.175.097.01.15
1888541901242229774.956.81.21
1889523771163031.434.637.01.80
1890650941302232.734.736.51.10
1891627951441733.385.057.60.97
18925811151591533.186.579.10 .87
1893541981451531.535.428.40.87
189446570120930.794.637.90.59
London 189417,2123,1476.66365122.344 858.60.80

From Table Y. it appears that there were 465 registered
deaths of persons aged 60 and upwards, giving a percentage
of 3079 of the gross total of deaths, as against a percentage
for London generally of only 22.34. There were, however,
(see Table VI.) only 257 deaths of parishioners of 65 years
and upwards, giving a percentage of 18.55 of the corrected
total of deaths. From Table V. we also see that 70 deaths
from injuries were registered in the Parish, being 4.63 per
cent, of the total deaths, but of the 70 deaths registered
under this heading only 35 were those of parishioners, and 8
parishioners died from injuries outside of the Parish, making
a total of 43 deaths of parishioners from " Injuries " (see