London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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the percentage of such deaths to registered births was 13.88,
and to total deaths of parishioners, 17.22; thus the
mortality of children under one year of age was only 139
to a thousand births, while in London generally it was 166,
and the average for the 33 largest English towns was 182,
the highest being Salford 231, Blackburn 236, Burnley 242,
and Preston 248, deaths of children under one year of age
to a thousand births.
Table V.
| year. | a. Persons aged sixty years and upwards. | b. Injuries. | C. Inquest Oases. | d. Uncertified. | Percentages to Gross Total of Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.. | b. | C. | D. | |||||
| 1886 | 604 | 79 | 135 | 41 | 31.79 | 4.16 | 7.1 | 2.15 |
| 1887 | 521 | 88 | 122 | 20 | 30.17 | 5.09 | 7.0 | 1.15 |
| 1888 | 541 | 90 | 124 | 22 | 29.77 | 4.95 | 6.8 | 1.21 |
| 1889 | 523 | 77 | 116 | 30 | 31.43 | 4.63 | 7.0 | 1.80 |
| 1890 | 650 | 94 | 130 | 22 | 32.73 | 4.73 | 6.5 | 1.10 |
| 1891 | 627 | 95 | 144 | 17 | 33.38 | 5.05 | 7.6 | 0.97 |
| 1892 | 581 | 115 | 159 | 15 | 33.18 | 6.57 | 9.1 | 0.87 |
| 1893 | 541 | 98 | 145 | 15 | 31.53 | 5.42 | 8.4 | 0.87 |
| 1894 | 465 | 70 | 120 | 9 | 30.79 | 4.63 | 7.9 | 0.59 |
| 1895 | 586 | 87 | 147 | 3 | 34.98 | 5.19 | 8.8 | 0.18 |
| London 1895 | 21,554 | 3,407 | 7,516 | 633 | 24.79 | 3.92 | 8.6 | 073 |
From Table V. it appears that there were 586 registered
deaths of persons aged 60 and upwards, giving a percentage
of 34.98 of the gross total of deaths, as against a percentage
for London generally of only 24.79. There were, however
(see Table VI.) only 333 deaths of parishioners of 65 years
and upwards, giving a percentage of 28.10 of the corrected
total of deaths. From Table V. we also see that 87 deaths
from injuries were registered in the Parish, being 5.19 per
cent. of the total deaths, but of the 87 deaths registered
under this heading only 39 were those of parishioners, and 7
parishioners died from injuries outside of the Parish, making
a total of 46 deaths of parishioners from "Injuries" (see