Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894
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TABLE II. Table showing Annual Birth and Death Rates, Deaths of Children and Deaths registered in Institutions for year 1894 and 10 years preceding.
Year. | Birth-rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population. | Corrected Death-rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year. | Death at ages under 5 years per 1,000 total Deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||
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Per 1,000 Births Registered. | Per 1,000 total Deaths. | Workhouse and Infirmary. | St. Mary's Hospital. | Lock Hospital. | Children's Hospital. | Outlying Institutions. | ||||
1894 | 23.3 | 15.0 | 135 | 210 | 351 | 165 | 347 | 3 | * | 193 |
1893 | 25.2 | 18.0 | 152 | 212 | 323 | 204 | 399 | 3 | * | 172 |
1892 | 24.6 | 18.0 | 148 | 203 | 319 | 236 | 355 | 7 | 12 | 120 |
1891 | 25.1 | 17.9 | 148 | 207 | 298 | 257 | 371 | 5 | 62 | 105 |
1890 | 24.4 | 17.7 | 157 | 216 | 347 | 172 | 358 | 3 | 57 | 100 |
1889 | 24.5 | 14.2 | 138 | 238 | 333 | 172 | 344 | 2 | 70 | 70 |
1888 | 24.6 | 16.6 | 133 | 193 | 343 | 207 | 334 | 5 | 64 | 78 |
1887 | 25.5 | 15.6 | 122 | 200 | 316 | 181 | 347 | 6 | 50 | 67 |
1886 | 25.6 | 16.9 | 148 | 225 | 354 | 161 | 250 | 5 | 53 | 81 |
1885 | 26.8 | 16.8 | 145 | 231 | 365 | 158 | 192 | 3 | 38 | 78 |
1884 | 27.2 | 16.3 | 144 | 241 | 360 | 193 | 263 | 3 | 34 | ** |
Averages for decennium, 1884-1893 | 25.3 | 16.8 | 143 | 216 | 335 | 194 | 321 | 4 | 48 nine year | 96 averages |
Notes.—*Closed during re-building.
** No return made until 1885.