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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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The calculated mean length of life in this Parish during
the last 17 years has been as follows:—
In 1875 it was 46.67 years.
„ 1876 „ 47.96 ,,
„ 1877 „ 49.52 „
„ 1878 „ 48.03 „
„ 1879 „ 48.55 „
„ lb80 „ 58.01 ,,
„ 1881 „ 50.26 „
„ 1882 „ 52.56 „
„ 1883 ,, 55.09 „
„ 1884 „ 53.78 „
„ 1835 ,, 56.11 „
„ 1886 „ 54.46 „
„ 1887 „ 56.49 „
„ 1888 „ 57.71 „
„ 1889 „ 61.43 „
„ 1890 „ 62.67 „
„ 1891 „ 61.62 „
So that the mean length of life in this Parish during
those 17 years has averaged over 54 years, while during
the last ten years it has averaged over 57 years.
The mean length of life in London during the last 14
years has been, according to my calculation, as follows:—
In 1878 it was 34.24 years
„ 1879 „ 34.23 „
„ 1880 „ 35.17 „
„ 1881 „ 35.87 „