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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 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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| No. | Dates, 1868. | Age. | DISEASES. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years. | Months. | |||
| 1 | April 16th | — | 10 | Tabes Mesenterica |
| 2 | July 14th | 3 | — | Hydrocephalus |
| 3 | „ 17th | 65 | — | Consumption |
| 4 | „ 22nd | 1 | 4 | Teething |
| 6 | „ 23rd | — | 8 | Hydrocephalus |
| 6 | August 7th | — | 11 days | Diarrhoea |
| 7 | „ 25th | 74 | — | General Dropsy,Bron chitis, and Old Age |
| 8 | November 18 th | 32 | — | Phthisis |
| 9 | „ 18th | 50 | — | |
| 10 | Jan. 21st, 1869 | 1 | 2 | Bronchitis |
| 11 | Feb. 18th, „ | — | 9 | Scarlet Fever |
During the same period there were 27 births—18 males and
9 females.
Hence the death-rate was only 1.7 per cent., or, 17 per
1,000, in twelve months, instead of 323 per cent., or, rather
more than 30 per 1,000 in about ten months of the years
1867-8. It is also worthy of remark that there was only one
death from scarlet fever, and that very few of the inmates
suffered from that disease, although it was epidemic in the
immediate neighbourhood during several months of the
year.
Zymotic and Other Diseases.
Zymotic disease proved fatal to 366 persons—71 in the
first quarter of the year, 124 in the second, 101 in the
third, and 70 in the fourth. The principal causes of death
were as follows:—Small-pox 1 (against 4 in the previous