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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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BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 69, F. 52; May Fair. M. 18, F, 28;
Belgrave, M. 209, F. 230. Total . . 606. Average . . 46.6.

DEATHS registered in the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the13Weeks ending26thof September,1863.Average,32.

DISEASES.Ages at Death.Sub-districts & populationSexes.
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.—268Little Chelsea Work.—230St. George's Hospital. —216.I Males, 37,511.Females, 50,236.Total, 87,747.
Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.
I. Order 1
1. Small-pox3254..1..2125......5510
2. Measles..56........1..4........235
3. Scarlatina161611....429......311718
4. Diphtheria..46........2..5........431
5. Quinsy..................................
6. Croup..50............4........336
7. Sore Throat..................................
8. Whooping Cough4610........3..6......15510
9. Typhus (and infantile fever) ...1162....1..3......5729
10. Erysipelas..................1......1112
11. Metria..................................
12. Pyæmia..........1............21213
13. Carbuncle..................................
14. Influenza..................................
15. Dysentery112....1..1..2........213
16. Diarrhoea24327......13124........161228
17. Cholera..................................
18. Ague..................................
19. Remittent Fever..................................
Rheumatism Order 2...................2......1213
1. Syphilis2..3........2....1......213
2. Stricture of Urethra Order 3...................................
1. Privation..................................
2. Want of breast Milk4..4........2..2........314
3. Purpura and Scurvy..................................
4. Alcoholisma. Del. Tremen........1........1..........11
b Intemperance Order 4...................................
1. Thrush..................1..........11
II. Order 1.
1. Gout..................1..........11
2. Dropsy....11..2......4........224
3. Cancer......135..222......3549
4. Mortification..................1........1..1
5. Abscess Order 2.......1..1....1..1......2••2
1. Scrofula..................................
2. Tabes Mesenterica719........1..8........459
3. Phthisis..31020103....123....25192443
4. Hydrocephalus.6512........1I10........6612
III. Order 1.
1. Cephalitis..11............1........1..1
2. Apoplexy......14....1..4........235
3. Paralysis............3..141......257
4. Epilepsy........11....11........112
5. Convulsions11415......1113........11415
6. Brain Disease, Spine, &c. Order 2.....1243......51..1a7310
1. Pericarditis..1 1............1..........11 3
2. Aneurism......21........1....11213
3. Heart Disease, &c Order 3.....16613143131114I71020
1. Laryngitis..................................
2. Bronchitis32625731231114620
3. Pleurisy..................................
4. Pneumonia22421....1..6........347
5. Asthma..................................
6. Lung Disease, &c1112......4........4..4