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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: Table IV.

Table IV.

SUB-DISTRICT.Calculated Population at middle of 1878.Births.Birthrate.Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions.Deaths (corrected).Death rate (corrected.)
Hanover Square17,92435519.81231230617.07
Mayfair13,12328221.4948536717413.26
Belgravia60,1951,53525.501,2913721,17819.57
Whole Parish91,2422,17223.852,0077411,65818.17

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Various particulars with regard to each of the sub-districts
are given in Table IV., which shows that Belgravia has a
higher birth-rate, 25.50, and also a higher death-rate, 1957,
than the other parts of the Parish, and that Mayfair has a
higher birth-rate than Hanover Square, and at the same
time a much lower death-rate.

Table: Table IVa.

Table IVa.

BIRTH-RATES.DEATH-RATES.
1875.1876.1877.1878.1875.1876.1877.1878.
Hanover Sq20.5517.9718.8619.8118.3617.9716.5817.07
Mayfair16.5421.5319.4521.4913.4013.0613.0413.26
Belgravia26.9326.2725.7625.5020.5219.4618.7019.57
Whole Parish24.1223.8823.4823.8519.0518.2017.4618.17

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In Table IVa. the birth-rates and death-rates for each
of the Sub-Districts and for the whole Parish during each of
the four last years are given; from these it will be seen that