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Hanover Square 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Vestrg of St. George, Hanober Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
During the quarter, consisting of fourteen weeks, and
ending on the 2nd January, 1864, the number of deaths registered
in the parish was 482, including those of 68 nonparishioners
in St. George's Hospital, and 13 of our parishioners
in the Workhouse at Little Chelsea. The deaths
registered in the parish during the corresponding quarters
of foregoing ten years, gave a weekly average 32.4. Hence
the mortality for this quarter (if we deduct the deaths in
the Little Chelsea Workhouse, which do not enter into
the weekly average just cited,) has been on the average 33.5
per week.
During the corresponding quarter of
| Total Deaths. | Weekly Average. | Deaths from Zymotic disease. | Deaths from Lung disease. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | 442 | 34 | 82 | 86 |
| 1858 | 490 | 35 | 85 | 95 |
| 1859 | 429 | 33 | 70 | 77 |
| 1860 | 399 | 30.69 | 57 | 69 |
| 1861 | 535 | 41 | 144 | 71 |
| 1862 | 469 | 36 | 99 | 84 |
During the ten years 1851—1861, the population increased
from 73,230 to 87,747, and is now, probably, 91,500.