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Hanover Square 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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From Table IVa. we find that, while the birth-rates of
the Hanover Square and Mayfair Sub-Districts are lower
that of the Belgravia Sub-District is higher than in recent
years; that the death-rates of all the Sub-Districts are lower
than usual, although those for Hanover Square and
Belgravia are somewhat higher than they were last year,
and that the death-rate for Mayfair is even lower than those
previously recorded, being only 11.79 per thousand per
annum.
From the birth-rates and death-rates in the above Table
I have calculated the mean duration of life in the Parish
and in each of the Sub-Districts during the year 1881,
and find them to be as follows:—
Mean Duration of Life.
| Hanover Square Sub-District | 57.01 |
| Mayfair „ | 66.20 |
| Belgravia „ | 46.35 |
| Whole Parish | 50.26 |
The mean duration of life in this Parish, during the last 7 years, has been as follows:—
| In 1875 | it was | 46-67 | years. |
| „ 1876 | 47-96 | ||
| „ 1877 | 49-52 | ||
| „ 1878 | 48.03 | ||
| „ 1879 | 48.55 | ||
| „ 1880 | 58.01 | ||
| „ 1881 | 50.26 | „ |
So that the average mean duration of life in this Parish,
during those 7 years, has been almost exactly 50 years.
The mean duration of life in London, during the last 4 years, has been, according to my calculations, as follows:—
| In 1878 | it was | 34.24 | years. |
| „ 1879 | 34.23 | ||
| „ 1880 | 35.17 | ||
| „ 1881 | 35-87 |