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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Table III. Death-rates per 1,000 per annum.
| 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | |
| 33 Large English Towns . | 22.3 | 20.7 | 21.6 | 18.1 | 20.7 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 19.0 | 20.2 | 19.5 |
| London | 21.4 | 20.6 | 21.3 | 17.8 | 19.9 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 13.7 | 19.8 | 18.8 |
| Greater London | 19.8 | 19.3 | 19.7 | 16.4 | 18.3 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 18.3 | 17.3 |
| St. George's, Hanover sq. | 4.65 | 16.97 | 15.38 | 13.80 | 14.98 | 13.74 | 13.32 | 13.33 | 14.31 | 14.06 |
From Table III. we see that the death-rate of London
proper, with an estimated population of 4,589,129, amounted
to 18 8, the average rate in the previous ten years having
been 19'8 (or equal to the death-rate in 1899).
The death-rate of Greater London, with an estimated
population of 6,652,145, was 17'3, the average rate in the
previous ten years having been 18.3 (or equal to the deathrate
in 1899).
The death-rate of the 33 largest English Towns was 19'5.
The death-rate of this parish was lower than that of any
one of the 33 largest English towns except Cardiff (with
only 13'8), the others nearest to it being:—
Croydon 14.6
West Ham 15.9
Burnley 16-3
Bradford 16.4
and the highest being :—
Sheffield 22.6
Preston 24.0
Manchester 24.l
Salford 25.1
Liverpool 25.7