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Hanover Square 1880

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

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REPORT
ON THE
SANITARY CONDITION
of the
Parish of St. George,Hanover Square,
FOR THE YEAR 1880,
by
W. H. CORFIELD, M.A.,M.D. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.),
Professor of Hygiene and Public Health in University
College, London,
medical officer of health.
(being his ninth annual report.)
To the Vestry of the Parish of St. George,
hanover square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
The year 1880 has been signalised by the lowest
death rate on record for the Parish.
The gross total of deaths registered in the Parish during
the 52 weeks ending January 1st, 1881, was 1,855, or
almost the same as the average annual number for the preceding
ten years.