Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Vestrn of St. George, Banober Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
The deaths in the parish during this quarter were
418, if we include those of two inmates of Little Chelsea
Workhouse, and of 60 non-parishioners in St. George's
Hospital. The corrected average of deaths for the foregoing
ten years is 400, so that we have this quarter about
1 death per week over that average, which is not more than
is reasonably due to increased population in the Belgrave
sub-district.
In the 3rd quarter of
Total deaths in St. George's. Hanover Sq. | Total Zymotic. | Bowel Disorder. | Deaths in Hanover and Mayfair. | Do. Zymotic. | Bowel Disorder. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1857 | 424 | 115 | 64 | 106 | 30 | 17 |
1858 | 412 | 125 | 35 | 111 | 28 | 9 |
1859 | 440 | 116 | 62 | 118 | 35 | 17 |
1860 | 380 | 79 | 17 | 81 | 15 | 7 |
1861 | 410 | 104 | 36 | 109 | 29 | 8 |
1862 | 407 | 80 | 18 | 101 | 17 | 4 |
1863 | 418 | 104 | 31 | 93 | 23 | 5 |
When we look at the mortality table more in detail,
we see that the deaths in the Hanover and Mayfair subdistricts,
where the births are few and the population stationary,
were below the average. It is amongst the children,