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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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TO THE
Vestry of St. George, Hanober Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
In the thirteen weeks ended 2nd April, 1864, the deaths
of 604 persons have been registered in our parish, if we include
in that number the deaths of 9 inmates of the Little
Chelsea Workhouse, and of 72 non-parishioners in St.
George's Hospital. The average number for the same quarter
in the foregoing ten years (not including those in Little
Chelsea Workhouse) is 502, and is thus exceeded by 93.

Table: The following memorandum shows some of the details:—

The following memorandum shows some of the details:—

First Quarter ofTotal Deaths in whole Parish.Hanorer and Mayfair.Mount Street Workhouse.Belgrave.Zymotic.Long and Phthsis.Under 5.Over 60.
18574361371420674151142115
185852816321254110195181106
18594571162323585140171100
18605471401428880199202118
18615401333127374201160146
186260912925358116183239123
186355314023298136140220110
18646041693830075214167178

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From this it is clear, that the mortality this quarter did
not, as it usually does, fall most heavily upon children; for
the number of their deaths was less than in 5 of the 7