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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
14 Weeks ending 1st of January, 1859. Average, 35.

DISEASES.Ages at Death.Sub-Districts and Population.Sexes.
Under 1.1 and under 6.Total under 20.20 and under 4040 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.Hanover Square.—20,216.May Fair.—12,980.Belgrave.—40,034.Mount-street Work.—268Little Chelsea Work.—350.St. George's Hospital. —216.Males, 31,920.Females, 41,310.Total, 73,230.
Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.
I. Zymotic...................................
Small-pox..................................
Measles..221..........3..........33
Scarlatina21620..1....5115........111021
Diphtherite2472......4..5........279
Whooping Cough41217........2213........51217
Croup..24..........22........314
Thrush112........1..1........112
Diarrhœa2..2....1......3........213
Dysentery..................................
Cholera1..11..........2........112
Influenza..................................
Purpura and Scurvy....1............1........1..1
Ague..................................
Remittent Fever..................................
Infantile Fever..11............1..........11
Typhus Fever118242..2..10..12151116
Child bed Fever......1..........1..........11
Rheumatic Fever..................................
Ervsipclas1..1..11......12......213
Syphilis112............2........1l2
Pycemia....111......1........23..3
Hydrophobia..................................
II. Cancer, Dropsy...................................
Hæmorrhage1..12......11......1..2l3
Dropsy......177..326I....39615
Abscess....111............1..22l3
Ulcer........12......2......13..3
Fistula..................................
Mortilication......1..........1........1..1
Cancer....2..56..2..71....321113
Gout..................................
III. Scrofula...................................
Scrofula2..33..111..2....32178
Mesenteric Disease1..1............1........1..1
Consumption1..52125111062813..5312253
Water in the Head1710........4..6........8210
IV. Nervous System...................................
Inflammation of Brain..2311........3......2415
Apoplexy......345131412..27613
Paralysis......123..1..32......156
Delirium Tremens..................................
Chorea....1....................1..11
Epilepsy......221......12....25..5
Tetanus Disease of Spine..11....................11..1
Insanity..................................
Convulsions21930........3225........141630
Disease of Brain, &c.....111................3123
V. Heart, &c...................................
Pericarditis1..1..1........11......112
Aneurism........1..............1..1..1
Disease of Heart, &c.....3354..2211........7815
VI. Lungs, &c...................................
Laryngitis..................................
Bronchitis88172131631072441..5193251
Pleurisy..................................
Pneumonia13722644..33242..13221436
Asthma......2131214........437
Disease of Lungs, &c...11............1........1..1

BIRTHS registered during 14 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 59, F. 64; May Fair, M. 39, F. 24;
Belgrave, M. 227, F. 182. Total 595. Average 42.5