Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Even including the small-pox, the general illness was
very light.
The following is the usual list of the poorer streets of the In-Wards, with their population, sickness, and deaths for the quarter:—
Population. | Total Parish Patients. | Deaths of Children. | Deaths of Adults. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 | ||||
0 | ||||
Lancashire Court | 0 | |||
May's Buildings | 7 | 0 | ||
0 | ||||
0 | ||||
0 | ||||
One advantage of counting up the cases in this way is,
that it enables us to see how much illness has happened in
each house during the quarter; No. 8, Hart Street, for
example, has had 11 cases of illness in it; Nos. 2 and 6,
Brown Street, 1 and la, Mount Row, and 6, George Street,
show that they require to be looked after.
In the Belgrave Sub-district, 5,668 persons were treated
by the Parochial Surgeons, at St. George's Hospital, the Royal