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REPORT
on
The sanitary condition
OF THE
Parish of St. George, Sanober Square
FOR THE YEAR 1886,
W. H. CORFIELD, M.A., M.D. (OXON.), F.R.C.P. (LOND.)
Professor of Hygiene and Public Health in University College, London; Past
President of the Society of Medical Officers of Health; Chairman of Council
of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain; Honorary Corresponding
Member of the Royal Society of Public Health of Eelgium;
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
(BEING HIS FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT.)
To the Destin of the parish of St. George,
HANOVER SQUARE.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
The total number of deaths registered in the Parish
during the 52 weeks ending January 1st, 1887, was 1,900
the largest number recorded since the year 1881 (see Table
I), and a larger number than the average during the 10
years, 1876 to 1885. Of these deaths, however, no less
than 797 occurred in Public Institutions in the Parish,
whereas the number of deaths of our Parishioners which
occurred in all the Public Institutions in the metropolis