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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 ending 2nd of April,1859.Average,35.1.

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.ftO 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-pox1..1............1........1..1
Measles..................................
Scarlatina11314........5..8....1..5914
Diphtherite113162......3113......161218
Putrid Sore Throat..13........2..1..........33
Whooping Cough51318........2..16............9918
Croup..44..........12......1314
Thrush..................................
Diarrhœa1..1............1........1..1
Dysentery......111..2..1........3..3
Cholera..........1......1........1..1
Influenza..................................
Purpura and Scurvy..................................
Remittent Fever..................................
Infantile Fever..22..........11..........22
Typhus Fever..16..1....1..4....1141367
Child-bed Fever......1........1............11
Rheumatic Fever......22........3......1224
Erysipelas....1..311..11....13426
Syphilis2..2........1..1........2..2
Canker..................................
Hydrophobia..................................
II. Cancer, Dropsy.
Hæmorrhage..................................
Dropsy..11..3....2..1....1224
Abscess..................................
Ulcer..................................
Fistula..................................
Mortification........2................2112
Cancer......112..111......1..44
Gout....................1......1..1
III. Scrofula.
Scrofula..................................
Mesenteric Disease448....2..3..322....8210
Consumption11527173..113264....8341852
Water in the Head2810........127........5510
IV. Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain ...................................
Apoplexy......141....14....1..246
Paralysis..11..28....29........7411
Delirium Tremens........1..............1..1..1
Chorea....1....................1..11
Epilepsy....112......111....14..4
Tetanus....111........21......3..3
Disease of Spine........2........1......1112
Convulsions114151......3292......9716
Disease of Brain, &c.1..3222..1141..l1369
V. Heart, &c.
Pericarditis....1....................1..11
Aneurism........1....1............1..1
Disease of Heart, &c.....4347..328..11371118
VI. Lungs, &c.
Laryngitis1..1............1..........11
Bronchitis10819114263106366311313263
Pleurisy......1..................11..1
Pnemonia7310433..11141..1271320
Asthma..................................
Disease of Lungs, &c.213..........12........213

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 56, F. 56; May Fair, M. 33, F. 36;
Belgrave, M. 212, F. 214. Total 607 Average . . 46.6