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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DISEASES. | Ages at Death. | Sub-Districts & Population | Sexes. | |||||||||||||||
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Under 1. | 1 and under 6. | Total under 20. | 20 and under 40. | 40 and under 60. | 60 and under 80. | 80 and above. | Hanover.—19,770. | May Fair—12,648. | Belgrave.—55.099. | Mount-street Work.—268. | Little Chelsea Work.—350 | St. George's Hospital, —216. | Males, 37,511. | Females, 50,236. | Total, 87,747. | |||
Parishioners. | Non- Parishioners. | |||||||||||||||||
I. Order 1. 1. Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
3. Measles | 2 | 7 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
4. Scarlatina | 1 | 7 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
5. Diphtheria | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
6. Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
7.Croup | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | |
8. Sore Throat | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
9. Whooping Cough | 5 | 7 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
10. Typhus (and infantile fever) | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
11. Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
12. Metria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
13. Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | |
14. Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
15. Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
16. Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
17. Diarrhœa | 49 | 7 | 58 | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 52 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | 34 | 66 | |
18. Cholera | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
19. Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
20. Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Order 2. 1. Syphilis | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | |
2. Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Order 3. | ||||||||||||||||||
1. Want of Breast Milk | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
2.Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
3. Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | .. | 6 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Order 4. 1.Thrush | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
II. Order 1. 1.Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
3. Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | |
4. Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
5. Abscess | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
Order 2. 1. Scorfula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
3.Phthisis | 2 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 18 | 3 | .. | 8 | 3 | 33 | 7 | .. | .. | 10 | 39 | 22 | 61 | |
4. Hydrocephalus | 4 | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
III. Order 1. 1.Cephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
3. Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
4. Epllepsy | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
5. Convulsions | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
6. Brain Disease, &c. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Order 2. 1. Pericarditis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | |
2.Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
3.Heart Disease &c. | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | 14 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 1 | 11 | 12 | 23 | |
Order 3. 1. Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | |
2. Pleurisy | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | .. | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 9 | 19 | ||
3. Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |
4. Pneumonia | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
5. Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
6. Lung Disease,&c. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 |
BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 40, F. 49; May Fair, M. 37, F. 37;
Belgrave, M. 223, F. 206. Total, 592. Average, 45.5.