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Hanover Square 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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DEATHS registered in the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the 13 Weeks ending 27th of March, 1858. Average, 40.6

DISEASES.Ages at Death.Sub-Districts and Population.Sexes.
Under 1.1 and under 5.Total under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.Hanover Square.—20,216.May Fair.—12,980.Belgrave.—40,034.Mount-street Work.—268.Little Chelsea Work.—350.St. George's Hospital. —216.Males, 31,930.Females, 41,310.Total, 73,230.
Parishioners.Non Parishioners.
I. Zymotic...................................
Mumps..11............1........1..1
Small-pox..................................
Measles42332........8418..2....112132
Scarlatina & Diphtherite.18153......727......213518
Hooping Cough41015........2..13........51015
Croup..56........3..2........246
Thrush2..2............2........2..2
Diarrhœa1..1............1........1..1
Dysentery........1........1........1..1
Cholera..................................
Influenza........22..1..3........134
Purpura and Scurvy..................................
Ague..................................
Remittent Fever....1............1..........11
Infantile Fever..11............1........1..1
Typhus Fever..37221..119....1..4812
Child-bed Fever......1......1..............11
Rheumatic Fever..................................
Erysipelas and Pyemia......21........1......2213
Syphilis2..2............2........112
Canker....................................
Hydrophobia..................................
II. Cancer, Dropsy...................................
Hæmorrhage..................................
Dropsy......363..2..3....257512
Abscess1..1....1....11..........22
Ulcer..................................
Fistula..................................
Mortification..........1..1............1..1
Cancer......253..113......51910
Gout..........1....1..........1..1
III. Scrofula...................................
Scrofula....211........1....214..4
Mesenteric Disease145........1..4........325
Consumption....43416....1462/..2..5272754
Water in the Head257........3..4........7..7
IV. Nervous System...................................
Inflammation of Brain..13211..1..31....2437
Apoplexy......2431316........6410
Paralysis......1..........1..........11
Delirium Tremens..................................
Chorea..................................
Epilepsy....1132..123....1..347
Tetanus......1..................11..1
Insanity & Mental Shock...................................
Convulsions8816........3..12..1....11516
Disease of Brain, &c.21431216..21....25611
V. Heart, &c...................................
Pericarditis..................................
Aneurism..................................
Disease of Heart, &c.....21137..4214....21101323
VI. Lungs, &c...................................
Laryngitis................1..........1..1
Bronchitis1710291233622093892211415091
Pleurisy and Empyema....1....................11..1
Pneumonia12519375..5..213..23221234
Asthma..........3......3..........33
Disease of Lungs, &c.1245l1..134....126511

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 71, F. 61; May Fair, M. 25, F. 35;
Belgrave, M. 209, F. 203. Total . . 604. Average . . 46.46