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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 the13Weeks ending26th of June,1858.Average, 36.8

DISEASES.Ages at Death.Sub-Districts and Population.Sexes.
Under 1.1 and under 5.Total under 20.20 nnd under 40.1 40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.Hanover Square.—20,216.May Fair.—12,980.Belgrave.—40,034.Mount-street Work.—268.Little Chelsea Work.—350.St. George's Hospital. —216.Males, 31,930.| Females, 41,310.Total, 73,230.
Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.
I. zymotic...................................
mumps..................................
Small-pox112........1..1........112
Measles212151......1114........7916
Scarlatina & Diphtheria1715..2....2411........8917
Hooping cough141127........3122....1..151227
croup..66........112......2336
Thrush....1............1..........11
Diarrhoea..1111........1..1..1213
Dysentery.................................
Cholera...............................
Influenza................1..........1..1
Purpura and Scurvy..................................
Ague..11............1........1..1
Remittent Fever..................................
Infantile Fever..11............1........1..1
Typhus Fever..14221..116....1..189
Child-bed Fever......1..........1..........11
Rheumatic Fever..................................
Erysipelas and Pyaemia .1..1..11......1......2123
Syphilis1............1..................
Canker..................................
Hydrophobia..................................
II.Cancer, Dropsy...................................
Hæmorrhage..................................
Dropsy..1111061139....1511819
Abscess..1121........1......3224
Ulcer....1..1........2........112
Fistula..................................
Mortification....1..2..1....2..11224
Cancer......191..118......12911
Gout........1..1....2........2..2
III.Scrofula..................................
Scrofula....2....................2112
Mesenteric Disease1241......1..31......415
Consumption161931161..123363....13422567
Water in the Head159........215......1549
IV.Nervous system..................................
Inflammation of Brain316221..3331....18311
Apoplexy........4214..3........3..7
Paralysis......13514141............
Delirium Tremens......21..............213..3
Chorea..................................
Epilepsy........31..111......12..4
Tetanus........................1......1
Insanity & Mental Shock...........1......1........1..1
Convulsions17927..1....2323........111728
Disease of Brain, &c..12341..313......33710
V. Heart, &c...................................
Pericarditis....1..2....1....1....1..13
Aneurism......11......1........12..2
Disease of Heart, &c....2427....26..1157815
VI. Lungs, &c...................................
Laryngitis..11............1..........11
Bronchitis6916158113412......2..17..
Pleurisy..........................11..1
Pneumonia7412221..35711..1..718
Asthma..................1..........11
Disease of Lungs, &c..11..2......11......1213

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 62, F. 63; May Fair, M. 31, F. 26;
Belgrave, M. 201, F. 175. Total . . 558. Average . . 42.9