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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 1863

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Table: ANNUAL SUMMARY.Short Summary of births, deaths, vaccinations, sanitary statistics, and improvements, for one year, from March29th, 1862,to March28th, 1863.Births.The number in the whole parish was 2411.

ANNUAL SUMMARY.

Short Summary of births, deaths, vaccinations, sanitary statistics, and improvements, for one year, from March29th, 1862,to March28th, 1863.

Births.The number in the whole parish was 2411.

In the years ending March 31st18581859186018611862
The numbers were21652288230021192498
In the Hanover and May-fair sub-districts, the births were 661, in the years18581859186018611862
the numbers were660705710656735
In the Belgrave sub-district this year there were 1750 .15051583159014631763
Deaths. The gross number in the whole parish has been 1882; whereas in the foregoing 5 years they were17681838183717691965
Gross Death-rate. Estimating the population of the whole parish as 90,000 at the end of 1862, the gross death-rate was 20.9 per 1000 living, last year it was 22.2, with an estimated population of 88,500