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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 the 13 Weeks ending 2nd of July, 1859. Average , 32.3.

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.
Measles134........2..2........224
Scarlatina..5151......814....219716
Diphtheria149..2....3..6......23811
Whooping Cough369........1..8..........4..
Croup..12..........1........1112
Thrush..................................
Diarrhœa617..2......18........549
Dysentery..........................1..11
Cholera......................................
Influenza............1....1..........11
Purpura and Scurvy..................................
Putrid Sore Throat....1............1........1..1
Remittent Fever....1........1..............11
Infantile Fever
Typhus Fever14633....2..10........7512
Child-bed Fever.......1............1........11
Rheumatic Fever......2..........1......1..22
Erysipelas1..1..13..1..21....1235
Pyæmia......2..................22..2
Syphilis1..11......1..........1112
Canker..11............1..........11
Hydrophobia..................................
II. Cancer, Dropsy. Haemorrhage1321....3..1......2426
Dropsy....214....2..11111167
Abscess......1................1..1..1
Ulcer..................................
Fistula....................................
Mortification............1..1............11
Cancer......141..312........246
Gout................1............11
III. Scrofula.
Scrofula..................................
Mesenteric Disease314........1..3........224
Consumption22922195..101283..112332255
Water in the Head147........412........437
IV. Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain....211....1..2....1..134
Apoplexy......173..2241....28311
Paralysis......25....16........257
Delirium Tremens......1......1............1..1
Chorea..................................
Epilepsy........3....1..11......123
Tetanus........1................11..1
Insanity..................................
Convulsions135171......6210........11718
Disease of Brain, &c.115131124....124610
V. Heart, &c. Pericarditis..................................
Aneurism......4..........1....12314
Disease of Heart, &c...15538..626....34101121
VI. Lungs, &c.
Laryngitis..23....1..112........314
Bronchitis4482612386103121161531
Pleurisy..........................1..11
Hydrothorax..11............1........1..1
Pneumonia7513211235104......14822
Asthma......................2......22
Disease of Lungs, &c...1111........3........213

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 69, F. 53; May Fair, M. 28, F. 23;
Belgrave, M. 175, F. 199. Total 547 Average 42.7