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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

Hanover Square 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Table: Table I.

Table I.

YEAR.Gross Total of Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions.Proportional Share of Deaths in Publio Institutions.Correoted Total of Deaths (52 weeks).Corrected Death-rate per 1,000 per annum (52 weeks).
18731,6653683421,63918.16
1874 (53 weeks)1,6943453551,67918.56
1S751,8675024601,72719.05
18761,8685733621,67518.20
18771,7295223831,59017.46
18782,0077413921,65818.17
1879 (53 weeks)2,0587594021,66918.25
18801,8557133471,48916.64
18811,9328123941,51416.91
18821,8677303611,49816.73
Average during ten years, 1873—1882 .1,8546063801,61417.71
Year 1883 .1,8458293901,40615.70
Average during ten years, 1874—1883 .1,8726533851,59117.57

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The gross total of deaths registered in the Parish during
the 52 weeks ending Saturday, December 29th, was 1,845,
being 9 under the annual average for the preceding 10 years.
Of this gross total of 1,845 deaths, as many as 829, the
highest number yet recorded, occurred in Public Institutions
in the Parish, while our share of the deaths occurring in all