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Hanover Square 1873

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

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larly with my monthly reports,—the first of which was for
the month of November 1872.
The total number of deaths recorded in the Parish
during the 52 weeks ending March 29th, 1873, was only
1,676,—a smaller number than any that I can find recorded
for similar periods; in fact, I find, on referring to previous
Annual Reports, that the gross totals of deaths in former
years were as follows:—

Table: (N.B.—For convenience sake, I append a column showing the numbers of deaths of non-parishioners in the successive years, and also a column of totals of those of parishioners, consisting, of course, of the differences between the other two.)

(N.B.—For convenience sake, I append a column showing the numbers of deaths of non-parishioners in the successive years, and also a column of totals of those of parishioners, consisting, of course, of the differences between the other two.)

Year ended.DEATHS. Gross Total.Non-Parishioners in St. George's Hospital.Parishioners.
March 18581,7682551,513
„ 18591,8382511,587
„ 18601,8372431,594
„ 18611,7692631,506
„ 18621,9652431,722
„ 18631,8822531,629
„ 18642,0542601,794
„ 18652,0152641,751
„ 18662,0302711,759
„ 18671,9142591,655
„ 18681,8293001,529
„ 18691,9483321,616
„ 18701,8362851,551
„ 18712,0492661,783
„ 18721,7452401,505
„ 18731,6762221,454

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I estimate the population of the whole Parish at the
middle of the period, viz., at Michaelmas 1872, as almost