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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DISEASES. | Ages at Death. | Sub-Districts and Population. | Sexes. | ||||||||||||||
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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-pox | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Measles | .. | 6 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Searlatina | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Diphtherite | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Whooping Cough | 8 | 11 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 8 | 20 |
Croup | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Thrush | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Malignant Sore Throat | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Child-bed Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | I | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
II. Cancer, Dropsy. | |||||||||||||||||
Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 |
Abscess | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fistula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 5 |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 |
III. Scrofula. | |||||||||||||||||
Scrofula | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Mesenteric Disease | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Consumption | 1 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 11 | .. | .. | 10 | 2 | 24 | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 49 |
Water in the Head | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
IV. Nervous System. | |||||||||||||||||
Inflammation of Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Apoplexy | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | .. | 5 | 2 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epilepsy | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | 8 | 5 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 3 | 13 |
Diseaseof Brain, Spine, &c. | .. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
V. Heart, &c. | |||||||||||||||||
Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Disease of Heart, &c. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 14 | 11 | 25 |
VI. Lungs, &c. | |||||||||||||||||
Laryngitis | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Bronchitis | 33 | 13 | 48 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 42 | 98 |
Pleurisy | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 |
Pneumonia | 7 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 27 |
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Disease of Lungs, &c. | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 14 |
BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 80, F. 63; May Fair, M. 35, F. 34
Belgrave, M. 220, F. 212. Total 614 Average 49.5