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Hanover Square 1859

[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 ending31st of December, 1859.Average, 33.

DISEASES.Ages at Death.Sub-Districts and Population.Sexes.
Under 1.1 and under 5.Total under 20.20 and under 40.40 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, 31,920.Females, 41,310.Total, 73,230.
Parishioners.Non- Parishioners.
I. Zymotic. small-pox112..2......13........314
Measles3913........3..10........7613
Scarlatina..392......118....1..6511
Diphtheria114............4........134
Whooping Cough6814........419........7714
Croup112............l......1112
Ulcerated Sore Throat........1....1..............11
Diarrhœa113........1..2........213
Dysentery..1111....2..1........123
Cholera..................................
Influenza..................................
Ague..................................
Remittent Fever..................................
Infantile Fever..................................
Typhus Fever....163....2..41..126410
Child-bed Fever......1..........1..........11
Rheumatic Fever..................................
Erysipelas......1..................1..11
Syphilis..................................
Pyæmia......111..............33..3
Hydrophobia..................................
II. Cancer, Dropsy. Hæmorrhage........2........1......1112
Dropsy......112..1..3..........44
Abscess1..1211....12......2415
Ulcer..................................
Fistula..................................
Mortification1..1..1..1....2......1213
Cancer......151....331......257
Gout..................................
III. Scrofula. Scrofula......1..................1..11
Mesenteric Disease1121......2..1........213
Consumption..2625214..8931..125332356
Water in the Head5714........5l8........9514
IV. Nervous System. Inflammation of Brain .115..2....213......1527
Apoplexy........56..4..7........7411
Paralysis........58..315..3..14913
Delirium Tremens........1......I..........1..1
Chorea..................................
Epilepsy........22..1I11......224
Tetanus......1..................11..1
Insanity..................................
Convulsions314........1..3........314
Diseaseof Brain,Spine, &c.216133..2..5211210313
V. Heart, &c. Pericarditis1..11..1..1..1......1213
Aneurism......131..11..2....1415
Disease of Heart, &c.....43b8141101..1413821
VI. Lungs, &c. Laryngitis1..11..........l....l..112
Bronchitis651211420153278..14272148
Pleurisy....2......l..1..1....1..33
Pneumonia336621..3171..128715
Asthma..................................
Disease of Lungs, &c.336..3........9........549

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 54, F. 60; May Fair, M. 27, F. 28;
Belgrave, M. 217, F. 185. Total 571 Average 43.0