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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square]
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Table I. shows that the corrected total of deaths, which
is an absolute, and not merely a calculated number, was
1,334, or 22 above that for 1891, but 76 below the average
for the previous ten years.
Table Ia.
| 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Large English Towns- | 21.6 | 21.6 | 20.6 | 20.9 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 19.3 | 21.3 | 22.3 | *20.7 |
| London | 20.4 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 20.6 |
| Greater London | 19.7 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 17.8 | 17.3 | 20.1 | 19.8 | 19.3 |
| St. George's, Hanover sq. | 15.70 | 16.30 | 16.11 | 17.17 | 16.05 | 16.05 | 14.19 | 14.56 | 14.65 | 16.97 |
| *33 Towns. | ||||||||||
From Table Ia, we see that the death-rate of London
proper amounted to 20.6, which was lower than the rates
of the two preceding years by nearly 1 per thousand.
The death-rate of greater London with an estimated
population of 5,752,204, was 19.3, or rather less than in
the preceding year, but nearly 2½ per 1,000 higher than the
death-rate of this parish.
The death-rate of the 33 largest English towns was 20.7,
which is l.6 per 1000 lower than that recorded for the
previous year for the 28 largest English towns. As usual
the death-rate of this parish was lower than that of any
one of the 33 largest English towns, with the sole exception
of Croydon (15.8), the nearest to it being:-