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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hanover Square 1863
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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| 1862, | 1863. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths under 5. | Deaths over 5. | Deaths under 5. | Deaths over 5. | |
| Upper Ebury-street | 17 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Pulford-street | 17 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| New Grosvenor-place | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Brewer-street | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Glasgow-terrace | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert-street | 11 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Eaton-Court | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 82 | 33 | 37 | 26 | |
We now proceed to sum up the deaths from preventive
or partially preventible causes in the whole
parish.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
In the year ending March,— 1860. 1861. 1862. 1863.
The deaths from zymotic disease 346 291 448 395
„ small-pox 6 8 1 13
„ scarlatina, diphtheria,
and other forms of fever with
throat disease 82 53 82 117
The deaths from typhus fever 44 39 63 68
„ diarrhœa, dysentery,
and cholera 48 83 53 41
,, teething, convulsions,
consumption, water in the head,
mesenteric disease and scrofula 395 353 387 342