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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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*Twenty towns.
From Table Ia we see that the death-rate of London
proper amounted to 20.3, and was higher than in any year
since 1884, and almost 3 per thousand higher than in 1889.
The death-rate of greater London with a population of
5,758,500, was (for 53 weeks) 19.4, or almost 3 per thousand
higher than the preceding year, and nearly 5 per thousand
higher than the death-rate of this parish.
The death-rate of the 28 largest English towns was 21.3
for 53 weeks, or 2 per thousand higher than it was in 1889.
As usual the death-rate of this Parish was lower than that
of any one of the 28 largest English towns, the nearest
to it being—
Nottingham 16.5
Brighton 17.8
Leicester 17.9
Derby 18.5
Huddersfield 19.0
Bristol 19.2
Hull 19.2
Portsmouth 19.6
Birkenhead 19.7
and the highest being—
Sheffield 24.9
Bolton 25.8
Newcastle 25.9
Preston 27.4
Manchester 30.6