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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
St George (Westminster) 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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From Table III. we see that the percentage of deaths
of persons over sixty years of age to the total number of
deaths was not only very high, as usual, but was higher
than in either of the last three years, though not so high as
in 1874: it was 25.51, as against only 2055 for London
generally, and 23.05 for the Western Districts.
The number of deaths from violence was less than in
1876, but the percentage of these to the total deaths was,
as usual, greater than that for London, while the percentage
of inquests held in the Parish to the total deaths was
almost exactly the same as in London generally.
Table II.
| YEAR. | Ristered Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 per annum (52 weeks). | Deaths of Children under 1 Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Percentage to Registered Births. | Percentage to Total Deaths (uncorrected). | |||
| 1873 | 2,144 | 23.76 | 331 | 15.53 | 22.70 |
| 1874(53 wooks) | 2,260 | 24.59 | 333 | 14.61) | 19.57 |
| 1875 | 2,101 | 24.12 | 345 | 10.75 | 18.48 |
| 1876 | 2,174 | 23.88 | 328 | 15.00 | 17.56 |
| 1877 | 2,138 | 23.48 | 309 | 14.45 | 17.87 |
Table IV. shows the calculated populations, with the
births, birth-rates, deaths, and corrected death-rates of
each of the three Sub-districts, as well as of the Parish.
All the birth-rates were low, but that of May fair was again
higher than that of Hanover Square; and all the deathrates
were very low, that of Mayfair being, as usual, the
lowest, and that of Belgravia, the highest.
Table IVa. is new to these Reports, and shows at a
glance the birth-rates and death-rates (corrected) of the
Sub-districts during the past three years: