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St George (Westminster) 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Our total of deaths, corrected for deaths in Public
Institutions, and calculated for 52 weeks, was 1,669 (see
Table I.), as against 1,658 in 1878, and an average of
1,708 during the 10 years from 1869 to 1878. This is
equivalent to a death.rate of 18.25 per thousand per
annum, a trifle higher than that of last year, but over 0.5
per thousand lower than the rate for the last 10 years.
The death.rate of the Parish is indeed almost the same
as it was in 1876 and in 1878, while the general London
death.rate is almost the same as it was in 1878, but is 1
per thousand higher than it was in 1876,—the year 1877
being left out of consideration on account of the exceptional
lowness of the death.rates both of London generally and of
our Parish (see Table Ia.).
Table Ia.
| 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | ]877. | 1878. | 1879. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty.three Towns | 26.3 | 26.4 | 23.7 | 23.0 | 24.4 | 23.4 |
| London | 22.6 | 23.7 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 23.5 | 23.3 |
| St. George's, Hanover Square | 18.56 | 19.05 | 18.20 | 17.46 | 18.17 | 18.25 |
The death.rate in Greater London was 22 per thousand
per annum, being 233 in London proper and 16.9 in the
Outer Ring.
Of the 23 large towns in the United Kingdom mentioned
by the Registrar-General, only 1, viz., Portsmouth,
with the exceptionally low rate of 16.7 per thousand per
annum, had a lower death-rate than this Parish, the next
being Brighton, with a rate of 19 per thousand per annum.
Dublin, as usual, has the unenviable position of affording