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TO THE
Vestry of St. George, Hanover Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
In the 13 weeks that ended December 27th,
1862, the number of deaths in the parish was 469, giving
a weekly average of 36. This number is not so high as
that of the corresponding period of the previous year
when the deaths were 535, giving a weekly average of 41.
The present deaths include those of 50 non-parishioners
in St. George's Hospital, and of 7 of our parishioners in
Little Chelsea Workhouse. The average number of
deaths in the parish during the corresponding period of
the last ten years has been 403.l, and the weekly average
for the same time 31.
The deaths from zymotic diseases in the quarter were
99 against 144 in the fourth quarter of 1861.
Among them we notice 14 deaths from measles, 24
from scarlet fever, 9 from diphtheria, 8 from quinsy,
croup and sore throat, 11 from whooping-cough, 10 from
diarrhoea, and 10 from typhus fever, one of which occurred
in a non-parishioner at St. George's Hospital.
The deaths from measles happened principally in the
following streets, namely, Hanover-place Bond-street,
May's-buildings, Hertford-place, Eobson's-yard, "West-