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Hanover Square 1861

[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 28th of December, 1861. Average, 41.

DISEASES.Ages at Death.Sub-Districts & Population.Sexes.
Under 1.1 and under 5.Total under 20.20 and under 4040 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.Hanover Square.—19,770May Fair.—12,648.Belgrave.—55,099.Mount-street Work.—230.Little Chelsea Work.—350.St. George's Hospital. —216.Males, 37,511.Females, 50,236.Total, 87,747.
Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.
I. Order 1.
1. Small-pox..................................
2. Measles2912........217..2....7512
3. Scarlatina43558........181324..111322058
4. Diphtheria12631....216....1..2810
5. Quinsy..................................
6. Croup1912........316....1110212
7. Sore Throat..12........1......1......22
8. Whooping Cough51418........4212........61218
9. Typhus (and infantile fever)..33732..228..1117815
10. Erysipelas........22......2....1124
11. Metria..................................
12. Pyaemia..121..................3123
13. Carbuncle..................................
14. Influenza..................................
15. Dysentery1..1............1........1..1
16. Diarrhoea415............5........325
17. Cholera..................................
18. Ague........1........1........1..1
19. Remittent Fever..11............1........1..1
20. Rheumatism....2........1..1........112
Order 2.
1. Syphilis1..1........1............1..1
2. Stricture of Urethra..................................
Order 3.
1. Privation..................................
2. Want of Breast Milk2..2........1..1........112
3. Purpura and Scurvy........1................1..11
4. Alcoholisma Del. Tremens......11........2........2..2
b Intemperance..................................
Order 4.
1. Thrush..................................
II. Order 1.
1. Hœmorrhage........1................11..1
2. Dropsy......258..2151....66915
3. Cancer......344..1..10........2911
4. Noma..2....................2..22
5. Mortification1..1............1..........11
6. Abscess..................1........11
Order 2.
1. Scrofula................1..........11
2. Tabes Mesenterica325............5........415
3. Phthisis..21027243..118265..410392564
4. Hydrocephalus358........2..6........628
III. Order 1.
1. Cephlitis..11............1........1..1
2. Apoplexy1..11a4..124......2459
3. Paralysis......12212121......336
4. Epilepsy..12..2....1..2......1224
5. Tetanus........................11..1
6. Convulsions9314..11..538........11516
7. Brain Dsease, &c9410331241101....313619
8. Tumour......1........1..........1..1
Order 2.
1. Pericarditis1..22..........3......1224
2. Aneurism......11........1......12..2
3. Heart Disease, &c1..32561524......771118
Order 3.
1. Laryngitis124........112........224

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M 53, F. 66; May Fair, M. 31, F. 19;
Belgrave, M. 219, F. 223. Total . .611. Average 47.