London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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) 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Table II.
| YEAR. | Registered Births. | Birth-rate por 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 | 23.70 | 333 | 15.53 | 22.70 |
| 1874(53 weeks) | 2,266 | 24.59 | 333 | 14.69 | 10.57 |
| 1875 | 2,191 | 24.12 | 345 | 15.75 | 18.48 |
| 1876 | 2,174 | 23.88 | 328 | 15.09 | 17.56 |
| 1877 | 2,138 | 23.48 | 309 | 14.45 | 17.87 |
| 1878 | 2,172 | 23.85 | 309 | 13.04 | 15.40 |
From Table II. wo see that the total number of births
registered was greater than in 1877, and almost exactly the
same as in 1876, and the same is true of the birth-rate—
this was 23.85 per thousand during the past year, as against
36.2 in London generally, and 36.8 in the largo towns.
The highest birth-rates recorded were these of Salford
42.2, Hull 42.1, Birmingham 41.9, and Sunderland 41.5,
and the lowest among the large towns that of Brighton 29.6.
The number of deaths of children under one year of ago
was 309, exactly the same number as last year; but the
percentages of these deaths to the registered births, and to
the gross total of deaths, were considerably less than in
either of the five preceding years.
Indeed, the percentage of deaths of infants under one
year of age to the registered births, viz., 1304, was decidedly
less than in any one of the large English towns, the
nearest to it being Portsmouth, in which the percentage
was 15: that for London was 16.4, while in 1877 it was
only 14.6.
The diminution of infant mortality in the Parish, in