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 undfr 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.—350 | St. George's Hospital. —216. | Males, 35,511. | Females, 50,236. | Total, 87,747 in 1861. | |||
| Parishioners. | Non-Parishioners. | |||||||||||||||||
| I. ORDER 1. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Small-pox | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2. Measles | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| 3. Scarlatina | 1 | 9 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| 4. Diphtheria | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5. Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 6. Croup | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 7. Sore Throat | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 8. Whooping Cough | 6 | 7 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| 9. Typhus (and infantile fever) | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||
| 10. Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 11. Metria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 12. Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
| 13. Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 14. Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 15. Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 16. Diarrhœa | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 17. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 18. Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 19. Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 20. Rheumatism | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Order 2. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2. Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | |
| Order 3. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2. Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 3. Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 4. Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Order 4. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Thrush | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| II. Order 1. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 2. Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 3. Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
| 4. Morti6cation | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| 5. Abscess | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6. Haemorrhage | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Order 2. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Scrofula | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2. Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 3. Phthisis | .. | .. | 4 | 31 | 15 | 2 | .. | 9 | 7 | 19 | 7 | .. | 4 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 52 | |
| 4. Haemoptysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 5. Hydrocephalus | 7 | 6 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| III. Order 1. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Cephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2. Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |
| 3. Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 4. Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 5. Convulsions | 9 | 6 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| 6. Brain Disease, Spine, Ac. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Order 2. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
| 2. Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 3. Heart Disease, &c. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 14! | 36 | |
| Order 3. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Laryngitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 2. Bronchitis | 8 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 52 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 46 | 13 | .. | 3 | 8 | 52 | 58 | 110 | |
| 3. Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 4. Pneumonia | 8 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 3 | .. | 7 | 1 | 17 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 16 | 13 | 29 | |
BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 56, F. 53; May Fair, M. 39, F, 37;
Belgrave, M. 170, F. 198. Total 553. Average 42 5