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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 tl\e Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the 13 Weeks ending 27 tli of December , 18C2. Average , 36.

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.—268.Little Chelsea Work.—230.St. George's Hospital. —216.Males, 37,511.Females, 50,236.Total, 87,747.
Parishioners,Non-Parishioners.
I. Order 1.
1. Small-pox......1..........1........1..1
2. Measles31114........1310........11314
3. Scarlatina..10231......4..181....191524
4. Diphtheria15..11....2241......639
5. Quinsy..22........1..1..........22
6. Croup..45........1..4..........35
7. Sore Throat..................1........1..1
8. Whooping Cough4711........119........6511
9. Typhus (and infantile fever)..1343....225......13710
10. Erysipelas..................111....213
11. Metria..................2..........22
12. Pyæmia..........................33..3
13. Carbuncle........11......2........2..2
14. Influenza..................................
15. Dysentery..................................
16. Diarrhœa51612..12..71......5510
17. Cholera..................................
18. Ague..................................
19. Remittent Fever......11......11..........22
20. Rheumatism..................................
Order 2.
1. Syphilis1..1............1..........1..
2. Stricture of Urethra..................................
Order 3.
1. Privation..................................
2. Want of Breast Milk1..1............1........I....
3. Purpura and Scurvy..................................
4. Alcoholismo Del. Tremens......22....2..1......14..4
b Intemperance........1........1..........11
Order 4.
1. Thrush..................1..........l1
II. Order 1.
1. Gout..........1......1........1..1
2. Dropsy..23517..2382....111516
3. Cancer......186..471......351015
4. Mortification..11............1..........11
5. Abscess....522....213....12279
6. Hæmorrhage..................................
7. Tumor..................................
Order 2.
1. Scrofula..................................
2. Tabes mesenterica..11............I........1..1
3. Phthisis12723112..74225..1424..43
4. Hydrocephalus429........1..7......1049
III. Order 1.
1. Cephalitis113....1....12......1134
2. Apoplexy......138..1..711..27512
3. Paralysis......22..1..21......224
4. Epilepsy........21....12........213
5. Convulsions8513........328........9413
6. Spine & Brain Disease, &c.4410..11..415......28412
Order 2.
1. Pericarditis......1................1....11
2. Aneurism........1................11..1
3. Heart Disease, &c....14115..328111512921
4. Phlebitis........1................11..1
Order 3.
1. Laryngitis................1..........1..1

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 63, F. 52; May Fair, M. 29, F. 23;
Belgrave, M. 185, F. 192. Total . . 544. Average . . 41.