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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 II.
| YEAR. | Registered Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 per annum (52 weeks). | Deaths op Children under 1 Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T otal. | Percentage to Registered Births. | Percentage to Total Deaths (uncorrected). | |||
| 1873 | 2,144 | 23.76 | 333 | 15.53 | 22.70 |
| 1874 (53 weeks) | 2,266 | 24.59 | 333 | 14.69 | 19.57 |
| 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 |
| 1879 (53 weeks) | 2,168 | 23.26 | 298 | 13.75 | 14.48 |
| 1880 | 2,140 | 23.91 | 310 | 14.49 | 16.71 |
| 1881 | 2,092 | 23.36 | 280 | 13.38 | 14.49 |
From Table II. we see that the number of registered
births, 2,092, was rather lower than in either of the preceding
eight years, and the birth-rate, 23-36, was consequently
low.
The birth-rate in London proper was 34.7, in Greater
London, 346, and in the Outer Ring, 34.1. The average
birth.rate of the twenty largest English towns was 35.6,
the highest being those of Sunderland, 39.3, Salford, 38.8,
Leicester, 38.4, and Sheffield, 38; and the lowest that of
Brighton, 30.6.
So that, as in 1880, Brighton has the lowest birth-rate
and also the lowest death-rate among the large English
towns.
It should be mentioned also that the birth-rate of
Dublin in 1881 was very low, only 29.l, which may partly
account for its lowered death-rate.
The deaths of children under one year of age were only