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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 the 13 Weeks ending 2.8th of June , 1862. Average , 34'8.

DISEASES.Ages at Death.Sub-Districts & Population.Sexes.
Under 1.1 and under 5.Total under 20.20 iind under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.Hanover Square.—19,770. IMay 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. Measles..55............5........325
3. Scarlatina..710..1....3..6....115611
4. Diphtheria..351......122......1246
5. Quinsy..................................
6. Croup325........2..3..........55
7. Sore Throat..........................
8. Whooping Cough5613........3..10........4913
9. Typhus (and infantile fever)129475..42113..23111425
10. Erysipelas........11......11......112
11.Metria..................................
12. Pyaemia......22..............13224
13. Carbuncle..................................
14. Influenza..................................
15. Dysentery111121913
16. Diarrhoea1..12..........3........213
17. Cholera..................................
18. Ague..................................
19. Remittent Fever..................................
20. Rheumatism..................1..........11
Order 2.
1. Syphilis2..2............2........2..2
2. Stricture of Urethra..................................
Order 3.
1. Privation..................................
2. Want of Breast Milk1..1............1........1..1
3. Purpura and Scurvy..................................
4. Alcoholisma Del. Tremens......1......1............11
1 b Intemperance..................................
Order 4.
1. Thrush..................................
II. Order 1.
1. Gout............1....1........1..1
2. Dropsy..11..52......42....2718
3. Cancer........53......51....2268
4. Mortification................1..........1..1
5. Abscess........................123..3
6. Haemorrhage..................................
7. Tumour..................................
Order 2.
1. Scrofula1..1............1........1..1
2. Tabes Mesenterica3....1......5........235
3. Phthisis..4840102..83383..35362460
4. Hydrocephalus3711........326........8311
III. Order 1.
1. Cephalitis..................................
2. Apoplexy......175..2171....27613
3. Paralysis......22913..324..27714
4. Epilepsy......2..1......3........123
5. Convulsions12..1....319........10313
6. Brain Disease, &c214322..2..71..1..3811
7. Tetanus....1....................1..11
Order 2.
1. Pericarditis..................................
2. Aneurism......1..................11..1
3. Heart Disease, &c.1..3967..13122..1671825
Order 3.
1. Laryngitis..22............2........2..2

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M 52, F. 61; May Fair, M. 29, F. 35;
Bclgrave, M. 240, F. 221. Total . . 638. Average . . 49.