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Hanover Square 1862

[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 ending29th of March,1862.Average,46.8.

DISEASES.Ages at Death.Sub-Districts & 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.—19,770.May 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. Measles156............5......1516
3. Scarlatina31224........4..19......1121224
4. Diphtheria125..........13......1415
5. Quinsy..................................
6. Croup145............3....11325
7. Sore Throat..................................
8. Whooping Cough163046........1639........232346
9. Typhus (and infantile fever)..3772....2111..11210818
10. Erysipelas........1..............1..1..1
11. Metria..................................
12. Pyæmia....1....................1..11
13. Carbuncle..........1........1......1..1
14. Influenza..........1......1..........11
15. Dysentery........1....1..............11
16. Diarrhœa231........4........314
17. Cholera..................................
18. Ague..................................
19. Remittent Fever..12........1..1........112
20. Rheumatism......1..................11..1
Order 2.
1. Syphilis......1..........1........1..1
2. Stricture of Urethra..................................
Order 3.
1. Privation......1............1......1..1
2. Want of Breast Milk1..1............1..........11
3. Purpura and Scurvy1..1............1..........11
4. Alcoholisma Del. Tremens..................................
6 Intemperance..................................
Order 4.
1. Thrush1..1............1..........11
II. Order 1.
1. Gout..................................
2. Dropsy112132..1..4....12448
3. Cancer..11343....232....44711
4. Mortification2..2............2........112
5. Abscess1..1121..2..1....11415
6. Hœmorrhage1..1............1........1..1
7. Tumour..................................
Order 2.
1. Scrofula224........211........224
2. Tabes Mesenterica52811....3..42....16410
3. Phthisis221523222..126327..14323062
4. Hydrocephalus..45........1..4........235
III. Order 1.
1. Cephalitis..11..1........2..........22
2. Apoplexy1..1..621134....118210
3. Paralysis........3412..42......448
4. Epilepsy..........1......1........1..1
5. Convulsions16319........23131......13619
6. Spine and Brain Disease, &c.11512511261....46814
7. Tetanus..................................
Order 2.
1. Pericarditis....2........1..........1112
2. Aneurism..................................
3. Heart Disease, &c.....341612..4415....39152035
Order 3.
1. Laryngitis..11............1..........11

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 67, F. 60; May Fair, M. 43, F. 55;
Belgrave, M. 233, F. 234. Total 692. Average 53.2.