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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 endingIsof October, 1859.Average, 33.84.

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-l'arishioners.
I. Zymotic.
Small-pox......1..........1........1..1
Measles2913........229........21113
Scarlatina.1671......5..2......1448
Diphtheria..48........2..5......1118
Whooping Cough517............7........527
Putrid Sore Throat....1..........1............11
Diarrhœa48755..241134441......303262
Dysentery..................................
Cholera..................................
Influenza..................................
Purpura and Scurvy..................................
Ague..................................
Remittent Fever....11........2..........112
Infantile Fever..................................
Typhus Fever Child-ved Fever....2222..3..5 ..........448
Rheumatic Fever......21......12........123
Erysipelas....111..........1....2213
Syphilis..................................
Canker..................................
Hydrophobia..................................
II. Cancer, Dropsy.
Hæmorrhage..................................
Dropsy....1......1....2........112
Abscess..........................11..1
Ulcer..................................
Fistula..................................
Mortification..........................11..1
Cancer........71....15......2268
Gout..........1....1..........1..1
III. Scrofula.
Scrofula..................11......112
Mesenteric Disease2691........44......26410
Consumption..163611....44346..23322153
Water in the Head.5410........226........6410
IV. Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain..111........1......1..2..2
Apoplexy........33..11..1..12336
Paralysis..11....212....11....134
Delirium Tremens........2..............112..2
Chorea..................................
Epilepsy..........1......1..........11
Tetanus..................................
Insanity..........1......1..........11
Convulsions6612........417........4812
Disoaseof Brain,Spine, &c.1..12621127......27512
V. Heart, &c.
Pericarditis..................................
Aneurism......1................1..1..1
Disease of Heart, &c..11377..3..61....581018
VI. Lungs, &c.
Laryngitis..11..1........1....1..112
Bronchitis..24..3715..52..118715
Pleurisy..........1......1..........11
Pheumonia2351..2..2..31..1..538
Asthma........121....4........134
Disease of Lungs, &c1..1112..111..1..1145

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 58, F. 53; May Fair, M, 28, F. 17:
Belgravc, M. 191, F. 191, Total. . .538 Average . , 41*3