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. | May Fair.—12,648. | Belgrave.—55,099. | Mount-street Work.—268. | Little Chelsea Work.—350. | St. George's Hospital. —216. | Males, 37,511. | Females, 50,236. | Total, 87,747. | |||
| Parishioners. | Non-Parishioners. | |||||||||||||||||
| I. Order 1. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Small-pox | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 2. Measles | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 3.Scarlatina | .. | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 12 | 12 | 24 | |
| 4. Diphtheria | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 5.Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 6.Croup | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 7.Sore Throat | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8.Whooping Cough | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.Typhus(and infantile fever) | .. | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | 3 | .. | 1 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
| 10.Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 11.Metria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 12. Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13.Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 14.Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 15.Dysentery | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
| 16.Diarrhœa | 35 | 8 | 45 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 8 | 1 | 38 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| 17. Cholera | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 18.Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 19.Remittent Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 20. Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Order 2. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2.Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Order 3. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2. Want of Breast Milk | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3. Purpura and Scurvy | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 4. Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Order 4. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Thrush | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| II. Order 1. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1.Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 2. Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 3. Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| 4. Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 5. Abscess | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 6. Haemorrhage | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Order 2. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Scrofula | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2. Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 3.Phthisis | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 6 | .. | 7 | 3 | 27 | 6 | .. | 1 | 8 | 37 | 15 | 52 | |
| 4. Haemoptysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 5.Hydrocephalus | 7 | 4 | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| III. Order 1. 1. Cephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2. Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 1 | l | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 3. Paralysis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 4. Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5. Convulsions | 5 | 4 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 6.Brain Disease,&c. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Order 2. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| 2. Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 3. Heart Disease, &c. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Order 3. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 2. Bronchitis | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||
| 3. Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| 4. Pneumonia | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 46, F. 57; May Fair, M. 31, F, 30;
Belgrave, M, 223, F. 206. Total 593. Average 45.5.