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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| 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. | j May Fair.—12,648. | Belgrave.—55,C99. | Mount-street Work.—268. | Little Chelsea Work.—350.1 | St. George's Hospital. —216. | Males, 37,611. | Females, 50,236. | Total, 87,747. | |||
| Parishioners. | Non-Parishioners. | |||||||||||||||||
| I. | Order | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. Small-pox | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2. Measles | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3. Scarlatina | 2 | 6 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| 4. Diphtheria | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5. Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 6. Croup | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7. Sore Throat | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 8. Whooping Cough | 2 | 8 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | l | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| 9. Typhus (and infantile fever) . | .. | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | .. | 4 | .. | 7 | 5 | .. | 4 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 32 | ||
| 10. Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 11. Metria | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
| 12. Pyaemia | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | 4 | |
| 13. Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 14. Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 15. Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
| 17- Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 18. Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 19. Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 20. Rheumatism | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Order 2. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Syphilis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 2. Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 1. Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2. Want of Breast Milk | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 3. Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 4. Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
| Urder 4. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Thrush | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 11. Order 1. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2. Dropsy | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 3. Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 4. Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5. Abscess | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | l | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6. Haemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Order 2. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Scrofula | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 2. Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| 3. Phthisis | 1 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 12 | 5 | .. | 4 | 4 | 29 | 7 | .. | .. | 6 | 29 | 21 | 50 | |
| 4. Haemoptysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 5. Hydrocephalus | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| III. Order 1. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Cephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2. Apoplexy | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 7 | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| 3. Paralysis | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 4. Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5. Convulsions | 7 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 6. Brain Disease, &c | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Order 2. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 2. Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
| 3. Heart Disease, &c | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | .. | 2 | 3 | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | |
| Okder 3. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Laryngitis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 2. Bronchitis | 20 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 12 | .. | 4 | 15 | 4 | 45 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 34 | 36 | 70 | |
| 3 Pleurisy | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 4. Pneumonia | 6 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 15 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 13 | 11 | 24 | |
BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 39, F. 57; May Fair, M. 41, F 35;
Belgrave, M. 223, F. 211. Total . . 606. Average . . 46.