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Hanover Square 1890

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

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From Table IV it appears that the birth-rate of the
Mayfair Sub-district was only 11.83, as against 1374 in
1888, while that of the Belgravia Sub-district was 22.14,
as against 20 31 in 1888; and that the corrected death-rate
of the Mayfair Sub-district was only 12.09, as against 1347
in 1888, and that of the Belgravia Sub-district only 15.27,
as against 17.38 in 1888, the death-rate of both the Subdistricts
being, as shown in Table IVa, the lowest yet
recorded.
From the birth and death rates in Table IVa I have calculated,
as usual, the mean length of life. I use the term
mean length of life instead of mean duration of life in
order to prevent confusion, as the term "mean duration of
life" is a technical expression, which means the mean length
of life as calculated by the life-table method. The mean
length of life stated in this report is calculated by means
of Dr. Bristowe's formula.
Mean Length of Life.
Mayfair Sub-District
83.55
Belgravia
54.26
Whole Parish
61.43
The calculated mean length of life in this Parish during
the last 15 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 „
„ 1882 „ 52.56 „
„ 1883 „ 55.09 „