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Hanover Square 1866

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

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June 5, Catherine Regan, a servant, from No. 27,
Thomas-street.
June 9, Ann Turner, twelve, No. 11, Lancashire court.
In the Belgrave Sub-District 8,300 persons were treated
by the parochial surgeons, and at St. George's Hospital, the
Royal Pimlico Dispensary, the St. Paul and St. Barnabas'
Dispensary, and at the Workhouse, Little Chelsea.
Of these 5,439 were patients at St. George's Hospital,
leaving a remainder of 2,861.
The total figures include 7 of small-pox, 6 of chickenpox,
59 of measles, 21 of scarlet fever, 32 of whooping-cough,
86 of diarrhœa, 7 of dysentery, 15 of continued fever, 21 of
rheumatic fever, 7 of erysipelas, 2 of diphtheria, 1 of carbuncle,
and 2 of pyæmia.
There were 373 cases of bronchitis, 10 of pleurisy, and
55 of pneumonia.
The following are the particulars of the 7 cases of smallpox,
namely,—
No. 5, Eccleston-street East—Agnes Barrell, aged 8;
Charles Barrell, aged 1 year and a-half, not vaccinated.
No. 2, Wilton-terrace—Sarah Edwards, aged 27, vaccinated.
Removed to the Small-pox Hospital.
No. 9, Caledonia-street—Catherine Mally, aged 6 years.
Died.
No. 8, Caledonia-street—Charles Terry, aged 7, vaccinated.
No. 44, Hindon-street—James Mills, aged 44; vaccinated
in infancy.
The seventh was a patient at St. George's Hospital, who
came from No. 1, Holland-cottage, Holland-street, Kensington.
C. J. B. Alms, M.D.,
R. Druitt.