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 VI.), and giving a percentage of 3.03 of the corrected
total of deaths, or 1.8 lower than that of London generally,
and considerably lower than the rate for the Parish in 1893.
The Inquest cases held in the Parish numbered 120.
They were equivalent to 7.9 per cent, of the gross total of
deaths, as against 8.6 in London generally.
TABLE VI. Non-Parishioners excluded.
| Year. | A Persons aged sixty years and upwards. | B Injuries. | Percentages to corrected Total of Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | |||
| 1890 | 404 | 33 | 30.82 | 2.5 |
| 1891 | 405 | 37 | 30.85 | 2.8 |
| J 892 | 396 | 50 | 29.66 | 3.7 |
| 1893 | *307 | 56 | 25.23 | 4.6 |
| 1894 | *257 | 43 | 23.45 | 3.0 |
*65 years and upwards.
The number of registered deaths uncertified as to cause
was only 9, or lower than in any previous year, and equivalent
to 0*59 per cent, of the gross total of deaths, that of
London generally being 0*80 per cent.
Table VII.
| SUB-DISTRICT. | Population at middle of 1891. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths of Parishioners. | Deaths (corrected). | Death-rate (corrected). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Square Mayfair Mayfair | 23,097 | 261 | 11.26 | 222 | 244 | 10.53 |
| Belgravia | 56,026 | 1,238 | 22.02 | 798 | 852 | 15.16 |
| Gub - district not stated | 76 | |||||
| Whole Parish | 79,123 | 1,499 | 18.95 | 1,096 | 1,096 | 13.80 |