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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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largest English towns was 172, the highest being Wolverhampton
and Burnley with 205, Manchester 207,
Blackburn 220 and Preston 236 deaths of children under
one year of age to a thousand births.

Table: Table V.

Table V.

YEAR.A.Persons aged sixty years and upwards.B,Injuries.C.Inquest Cases.D.Uncertified.Percentages to Gross Total of Deaths.
A.B.C.D.
1890650941302232-734-73651 10
1891627951441733-385*057-6097
18925811151591533186-57910-87
1893541981451531 535-428-40-87
189446570120930-794-637-9059
189558687147334-985-198-80 18
1896434114156228-167-40101013
189751897151432-856-159-60-25
1898495101172631-596-4511-00-38
1899595108186833-9461610-6046
190055779146733-684-788-80-42
London 190021,8373,6688.09349525:394-269-40-58

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From Table V. it appears that there were 557 registered
deaths of persons aged 60 and upwards, giving a percentage
of 33'68 of the gross total of deaths, as against a
percentage for London generally of only 25"39. No fewer
than 322 parishioners (see Table VI.), lived to the age of
65 years and upwards, giving a percentage of 28'25 of the
corrected total of deaths.
From Table V. we also see that 79 deaths from injuries
were registered in the Parish, being 4 "7 8 per cent, of the
total deaths, but of the 79 deaths registered under this
heading only 26 were those of parishioners,and 6 parishioners
died from injuries outside of the Parish, making a total of
32 deaths of parishioners from "Injuries" (see Table VI.)>