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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| YEAR. | Gross Total of Deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Proportional Share of Deaths in Public Institutions | Corrected Total of Deaths. (52 weeks). | Corrected Death-rate per 1,000 per annum ( 52 weeks). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879 (53 weeks) | 2,058 | 759 | 402 | 1,669 | 18.25 |
| 1,855 | 713 | 347 | 1,489 | 16.64 | |
| 1,932 | 394 | 1,514 | 16.91 | ||
| 1,867 | 730 | 361 | 1,498 | 16.73 | |
| 1883 | 1,845 | 829 | 390 | 1,406 | 15.70 |
| 1884 (53 weeks) | 1,873 | 769 | 384 | 1,460 | 16.30 |
| 1885 | 1,773 | 766 | *436 | 1,443 | 16.11 |
| 1,900 | 797 | *435 | 1,538 | 17.17 | |
| 1887 | 1,727 | 762 | *473 | 1,438 | 16.05 |
| 1888 | 1,817 | *482 | 1,438 | 16.05 | |
| Average during ten years, 1879-1888 | 1,865 | 780 | 410 | 1,489 | 16.59 |
| 1889 | 1,664 | 756 | *363 | 1,271 | 14.19 |
| Average during ten years, 1880-1889 | 1,825 | 780 | 407 | 1,450 | 1619 |
* Actual numbers (not calculated as in former years).
* Deaths of Parishioners in Public Institutions:—
| Fulham Road Workhouse | 170 |
| St. George's Union Workhouse | |
| St. George's Hospital | 57 |
| Belgrave Children's ditto | 4 |
| St. Gabriel's ditto | |
| Total in the Parish | 244 |
| In Public Institutions in London, outside of the Parish | 87 |
| In Extra Metropolitan Asylums | 32 |
| Total Deaths of Parishioners in Public Institutions | 363 |
N.B.—Those for 1880 have been re-calculated on the Revised Estimates of Population.
| 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Large English Towns | *227 | *21.7 | 22.3 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 20.6 | 20.9 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 19.3 |
| London | 21.6 | 21.2 | 21.4 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 13.5 | 17.4 |
| St. George's, Hanover sq, | 16.64 | 16.91 | 16.73 | 15.70 | 16.30 | 16.11 | 17.17 | 16.05 | 16.05 | 14.19 |
* Twenty towns.