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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 death-rate of Edinburgh was 21.6 (or almost the
same as that of London), that of Glasgow 25.3, and that
of Dublin 26.5, the two latter being almost exactly the
same as in 1890.
As usual the lowest death-rates in Foreign cities are much higher than the death-rate of this Parish, the nearest to it being those of—
| The Hague | 19.5 |
| Dresden | 19.5 |
| Christiania | 19.8 |
| Berlin | 20.9 |
| and the highest being— | |
| Trieste | 30.5 |
| Moscow | 37.0 |
| Alexandria | 45.4 |
| Madras | 52.5 |
| Cairo | 53.7 |
Most of these rates are much higher than those in 1890,
the rates for Madras and Cairo being each nearly 10 per
thousand above those in 1890.
Table II.
| YEAR. | Registered Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 per annum (52 weeks.) | Deaths of Children under 1 Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Percentage to Registered Births. | Percentage to Total Deaths of Parishioners | |||
| 1891 | 1,610 | 17.96 | 216 | 13.41 | 16.45 |
From Table II. we see that the number of births in the
Parish was 1,610, and that the birth-rate was only 17.96
per thousand per annum, as against 17.49 in 1890,