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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 1897
[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 the 33 largest English towns was 19.1.
The death-rate of this Parish was lower than that of any
one of the 33 largest English towns, except Croydon with
a rate of 13.1, the others nearest to it being:—
Cardiff 14.9
Brighton 15.1
West Ham 15.7
Swansea 15.8
Derby 16.0
Portsmouth 16.2
Huddersfield 16.4
Halifax 16.5
and the highest being:—
Bolton 22.0
Wolverhampton 22.0
Manchester 23.1
Salford 23.9
Liverpool 24.4
Preston 24.4
The death-rate of Edinburgh was 21.3, that of Glasgow
22.0, and that of Dublin 29 0. All these rates are considerably
higher than in 1896.
No Colonial or Foreign city mentioned in the RegistrarGeneral's
Annual Summary had a lower death-rate than
this parish, the lowest death-rates among Colonial and
Foreign cities being those of:—
Cincinnati 13.7
Amsterdam 15.8
The Hague 15.8
St. Louis 15.9
Christiania 16.3
Brussels 16.6
Stockholm 16.7