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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Norwich 19.7
Birkenhead 19.8
Halifax 20.1
Cardiff 20.2
London 20.4
and these vary from 2 to nearly 5 per thousand above it.
Of fifty large town districts in England only one had a
lower death-rate than this Parish in 1883, namely, Barrow.
in-Furness with 15.4. The average rate for these fifty
towns was the same as in 1882, viz., 20.4 per thousand per
annum, and the highest was Ashton-under-Lyne with 261.
The death-rate of Dublin has risen from 27.9 in 1882
to 29.2 for this year. Glasgow had also a higher death-rate,
having had 25.4 in 1882 and 28.2 in 1883. Next to these
come Manchester with 27.6, and Liverpool with 26.7.
Our death-rate was, as usual, considerably below that of
any foreign city; the lowest among these being Christiania
17.3, Philadelphia 22.2, Geneva 22.8, Baltimore 23 0, and
the highest Madras 39.4, Prague 35.3, St. Petersburgh 32.6.
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 (53 weeks) | 2,226 | 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 |
1882 | 1,935 | 21.61 | 271 | 14.01 | 14.52 |
1883 | 1,878 | 20.97 | 287 | 15.28 | 15.56 |