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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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The number of deaths of children under one year of age
(Parishioners; see Table A at end of report) was 18.3; the
percentage of such deaths to registered births was 1340,
and to total deaths of parishioners, 17.24; thus the mortality
of children under one year of age was only 134 to a
thousand births, while in London generally it was 159, and
the average for the 33 largest English towns was 177, the
highest being Birmingham 197, Salford 219, Burnley 220,
and Preston 262, deaths of children under one year of age
to a thousand births.
Table V.
| YEAR. | A. | B. | C. | D. | Percentages to Gross Total of Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons aged sixty years and upwards. | Injuries | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified. | |||||
| A. | B. | C. | d. | |||||
| 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 | it | 30.79 | 4.63 | 7.9 | 0.59 |
| 1895 | 586 | 87 | 147 | 3 | 34.98 | 5.19 | 8.8 | 0.18 |
| 1896 | 434 | 114 | 156 | 2 | 28.16 | 7.40 | 10.1 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 518 | 97 | 151 | 4 | 32.85 | 6.15 | 9.6 | 0.25 |
| London 1897 | 19,138 | 3,469 | 7,522 | 479 | 23.64 | 4.29 | 9.3 | 0.59 |
From Table V. it appears that there were 518 registered
deaths of persons aged 60 and upwards, giving a percentage
of 32.85 of the gross total of deaths, as against a
percentage for London generally of only 23.64. There were,
however (see Table VI.), only 305 deaths of parishioners of
65 years and upwards, giving a percentage of 28.58 of the
corrected total of deaths.
From Table V. we also see that 97 deaths from injuries
were registered in the Parish, being 6.15 per cent. of the
total deaths, but of the 97 deaths registered under this