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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 1868

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

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Year.Deaths.
18631,882
18642,054
18652,015
18662,030
18671,914

Table: Therefore, the deaths (1,829) are the lowest which have happened during the past nine years. It is also worthy of note that the deaths of non-parishioners in St. George's Hospital during the same period exceed those of previous years (see following table), which still further lessens the number of deaths at home.

Therefore, the deaths (1,829) are the lowest which have happened during the past nine years. It is also worthy of note that the deaths of non-parishioners in St. George's Hospital during the same period exceed those of previous years (see following table), which still further lessens the number of deaths at home.

Year.Deaths.
1858255
1859251
1860243
1861263
1862243
1868253
1864260
1865264
1866271
1867259
1868300

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In estimating the gross death-rate we must not forget
how mnch the population of the parish increased between
1851 and 1861, and that it was increasing at the rate of
1,500 per annum in the Belgrave Sub-District up to 1864;
bo that, estimating the population at 91,500, the gross
death-rate was 19'5 per 1,000 living; but, deducting the
deaths (299) of non-parishioners at St. George's Hospital,
the death rate at home was 16-7 per 1,000,