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Hanover Square 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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heading only 47 were those of parishioners, and 8 parishioners
died from injuries outside of the Parish, making a total of
55 deaths of parishioners from "Injuries' (see Table VI.),
and giving a percentage of 5.2 of the corrected total
of deaths, or somewhat higher than that of London
generally, 4.29.
The Inquest cases held in the parish numbered 151.
They were equivalent to 9.6 per cent. of the gross total
of deaths, as against 9.3 in London generally.

Table VI. Non-Parishioners excluded.

Year.A Persons aged sixty years and upwards.B Injuries.Percentages to corrected Total of Deaths.
AB
18904043330.822.5
18914053730.852.8
18923965029.663.7
1893*3075625.234.6
1894*2574323.453.0
1895*3334628.103.9
1896 (53 weeks)*2504822.364.3
1897*3055528.585.2
*65 years and upwards.

The number of registered deaths uncertified as to cause
was only 4, and equivalent to 0.25 per cent. of the gross total
of deaths, that of London generally being 0.59 per cent.

Table VII.

SUB.DISTRICT.Population at middle of 1897.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths of Parishioners.Deaths (corrected).Death-rate (corrected).
Mayfair23,85026110.981982239.8
Belgravia56,5261,10419.6078684414.78
Sub - district not stated.........83......
Whole Parish80,3761,36517.041,0671,06713.32