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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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.
DISEASES. | Ages at Death. | Sub-districts & population | Sexes. | |||||||||||||||
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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. | I Males, 37,511. | Females, 50,236. | Total, 87,747. | |||
Parishioners. | Non-Parishioners. | |||||||||||||||||
I. Order 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
1. Small-pox | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
2. Measles | .. | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
3. Scarlatina | 6 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | 7 | 18 | |||||
.. | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | |||
5. Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
6. Croup | .. | 5 | 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
8. Whooping Cough | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||||||
9. Typhus (and infantile fever) . | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 7 | 2 | |||||
10. Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||
11. Metria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
12. Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
13. Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
14. Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
15. Dysentery | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |||||
16. Diarrhoea | 24 | 3 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 12 | 28 | |||
17. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
18. Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
19. Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatism Order 2. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |||||
2. Stricture of Urethra Order 3. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
1. Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. Want of breast Milk | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
3. Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
4. Alcoholism | a. Del. Tremen | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
b Intemperance Order 4. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
1. Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
2. Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
3. Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
4. Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
5. Abscess Order 2. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | •• | 2 | ||
1. Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. Tabes Mesenterica | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | ||||
3. Phthisis | .. | 3 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | 23 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 24 | 43 | |||
4. Hydrocephalus. | 6 | 5 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 12 | |||
III. Order 1. | ||||||||||||||||||
1. Cephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
2. Apoplexy | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
3. Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | ||
4. Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
5. Convulsions | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 15 | ||||||
6. Brain Disease, Spine, &c. Order 2. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
1. Pericarditis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 3 | |||
2. Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
3. Heart Disease, &c Order 3. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 20 | ||||||
1. Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. Bronchitis | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 20 | |||||||
3. Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
4. Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Lung Disease, &c | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |