Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 of Children under 1 Year. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total. | Percentage to Registered Births. | Percentage to Total Deaths (uncorrected). | |||
1873 | 2,144 | 23.76 | 333 | 15.53 | 22.70 |
1874 (S3 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 | 28.48 | 309 | 14.45 | 17.87 |
1878 | 2,172 | 23.85 | 309 | 13.04 | 15.40 |
1879 (53 weeks) | 2,108 | 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, 34.6, 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 29.1, which may partly
account for its lowered death-rate.
The deaths of children under one year of age were only