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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hanover Square 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Even including the small-pox, the general illness was
very light.

Table: The following is the usual list of the poorer streets of the In-Wards, with their population, sickness, and deaths for the quarter:—

The following is the usual list of the poorer streets of the In-Wards, with their population, sickness, and deaths for the quarter:—

Population.Total Parish Patients.Deaths of Children.Deaths of Adults.
Model Lodgings1301100
Bloomfield Buildings130800
Brick Street2961100
Brown Street2003512
Carrington Street2801101
George Street, Grosvenor5403920
Square, and George Yard
Grosvenor Market2111331
Grosvenor Mews9445522
Hertford Place2001000
John's Court, Farm Street80920
Hart Street2652511
Lancashire Court2702000
May's Buildings122700
Mount Bow and Place1331600
North Bruton Mews1541300
Queen Street, Oxford Street31621031
Robert Street, Grosvenor Sq.5432130
Thomas Street6002721

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One advantage of counting up the cases in this way is,
that it enables us to see how much illness has happened in
each house during the quarter; No. 8, Hart Street, for
example, has had 11 cases of illness in it; Nos. 2 and 6,
Brown Street, 1 and la, Mount Row, and 6, George Street,
show that they require to be looked after.
In the Belgrave Sub-district, 5,668 persons were treated
by the Parochial Surgeons, at St. George's Hospital, the Royal