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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) 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Table Ia.
N.B.—Those for 1877.1880 have been recalculated on the Revised Estimates of Population.
| 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty Large English Towns | 22.7 | 24.2 | 23.2 | 22.7 | 21.7 |
| London | 21.5 | 230 | 22.7 | 21.6 | 21.2 |
| St. George's, Hanover Square | 17.46 | 18.17 | 18.25 | 16.64 | 16.91 |
The death-rate of London proper, estimated population
3,831,719, was 21 2, and that of the 20 large English
towns (including London) 21.7, both lower rates than those
of preceding years (see Table Ia.), the rate for London being
lower than that for any year since 1850, when it was 21
per thousand per annum.
The death.rate of Greater London, estimated population
4,791,856, was 20.3 per thousand per annum (against 21 in
1880), being, as just stated, 21.2 in London proper, and
16.4 in the Outer Ring; or, when corrected for the deaths in
the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylums, only 16 in the
Outer Ring (estimated population 960,137).
Neither of the 23 large towns of the United Kingdom
had nearly so low a death-rate as this Parish, the nearest
to it being the following:—
Brighton 19.0
Norwich 19.5
Bristol 19.6
Portsmouth 19.7
Bradford 19.7
Plymouth 19.9
Birmingham 20.0
and these varying from 2 to 3 per thousand above it.