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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diarrhœa; and 39 of fever, mostly of a very slight degree
of severity.
Altogether, making allowances for the prevalence of instances
of severity here and there, the quarter was anything
but an unhealthy one for the inhabitants of the Hanover
and May Fair sub-districts. In the previous quarter the
number of cases was 956.
The following table, which may be compared with one at page 7 of our last Report, will show the relative amount of sickness in the most densely populated parts of the parish, and the deaths :—
Population. | Total Parish patients | Deaths of children | Deaths of adults. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brown Street | ||||
Amongst individual instances, we may refer to the Model
Lodging House, which has not quite kept up its character this
quarter; 10, Grosvenor Mews, which was the subject of legal
proceedings, as we shall presently relate; John's Court is