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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TO THE
Vestry of St. George, Hanover Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Again we are sorry to have to report a high
rate of mortality, for the number of deaths in the whole
parish during the quarter has been 609. This gives a
gross weekly average of 46.8 deaths per week, whereas
during the corresponding 13 weeks of the last ten years
the average mortality was 472.5; that is to say at the
rate of 36.5 per week; thus during the first quarter
of the year 1862, 126 deaths have occurred above the
average of the last ten years.
The total number of deaths includes 71 non-parishioners
in St. George's Hospital, and 4 in the Little Chelsea
Workhouse.
It is easy, from a glance at the subjoined table, to see where the excess lies:—
Deaths under 20 in the whole parish. | Total died. | Hanover and May-fair. | Belgravia. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
In the corresponding quarter of 1858 | 224 | 528 | 163 | 254 |
1859 | 203 | 457 | 116 | 235 |
1860 | 245 | 647 | 140 | 288 |
1861 | 213 | 540 | 133 | 273 |
1862 | 288 | 609 | 129 | 358 |
It thus clearly lies in the Belgrave Sub-district; for
the deaths in the Hanover and May-fair, although a full
average, are not very high, whereas the deaths in the