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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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280, or less than in any year previously recorded; the
percentage of these deaths to the registered births was
13.38, or lower than in any year except 1878, when it was
lower on account of the high birth.rate, and the percentage
of these deaths to the total deaths was 14.49, or lower than
in any year except 1879, when it was 14.48.
The mortality of children under one year of age is just
under 134 to 1,000 births; this is surpassed only by Bristol,
with 125, and Brighton, with 127, and it is equalled by
Plymouth; while in Liverpool there were 173, and in
Leicester 202 deaths of children under one year of age to
1,000 births. For London the number was 148, and the
average for the 20 large English towns was 152.
Table III.
| YEAR | A. Persons aged sixty years and upwards. | B. Violence. | C. Inquest Cases. | D. Uncertified. | Percentages to Gross Total op Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. | B. | C. | D. | |||||
| 1874 | 445 | 76 | 93 | 26.95 | 4.60 | 5.6 | ||
| 1875 | 469 | 84 | 112 | 25.20 | 4.50 | 6.0 | ||
| 1876 | 455 | 108 | 148 | 24.36 | 5.78 | 7.9 | ||
| 1877 | 441 | 82 | 114 | 25.51 | 4.74 | 6.6 | ||
| 1878 | 558 | 91 | 123 | 27.83 | 4.53 | 6.1 | ||
| 1879 | 625 | 89 | 120 | 30.37 | 4.32 | 5.8 | ||
| 1880 | 531 | 97 | 126 | 28.63 | 5.23 | 6.8 | ||
| 1881 | 582 | 107 | 129 | 31 | 30.12 | 5.54 | 6.7 | 1.60 |
| London, 1881 | 16,906 | 3,025 | 5,537 | 1,051 | 20.85 | 3.73 | 6.8 | 1.30 |
On referring to Table III. we find that the number of
deaths of persons of 60 years of age and upwards was 582,
and the percentage of these to the total deaths 30.12, both
higher numbers than those recorded for any previous year
except 1879; the percentage being of course very much
higher than that for London generally; but while the
number of deaths of persons of 60 years of age and upwards