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Hanover Square 1865

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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DEATHS registered in the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the 13 Weeks ending 1st of July, 1865. Average,39.

DISEASES.Age at DeathsSub-Districts & PopulationSexes.
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, 35,511.J Females, 50,236Total, 87,747.
Parishioners.Non- Parishioners.
I. Order 1.
1.Small-pox........1......1..........1..1
2. Varicella1..1..........1............11
3. Measles418231......8313........101424
4. Scarlatina1711........211....1..6511
5. Diphtheria1351......213........426
6. Quinsy..................................
7. Croup..11............1..........11
8.Sore Throat..................................
9.Whopping Cough9616........2113........8816
10. Typhus (and infantile fever) ...2565....217....157916
11.Erysipelas......21......11....1..3..3
12. Metria......1................1....11
13.Pyæmia1..141........1....14426
14. Carbuncle........11......11......112
15.Influenza..................................
16.Dysentery..................1........1..1
17.Diarrhœa77....1..1..7........448
18. Cholera11............1..........l1
Order 2.
1.Syphilis1..11........2........2..2
2.Stricture of Urethra..................................
Order 3.
1.Privation..................................
2. Want of Breast Milk..................................
3.Purpura and Scurvy..................................
4. Alcoholisma Del. Tremens......22..1..........1......
b Intemperance..................................
Order 4.
1.Thrus..................................
11. Order 1.
1.Gout..........1..............1..1
2. Dropsy......233..1..33....1448
3. Cancer......2551138......121113
4. Mortification..........2......2........2..2
5. Abscess1..1422....13....23039
Order 2.
1.Scrofula..................................
2. Tabes Mesenterica..26..1....2..4......1437
3. Phthisis2..1230157..1510233..211422264
4. Hydrocephalus11215........5..10........10515
III. Order 1.
1.Cephalitis....1............1........1..1
2. Apoplexy..125211l51....35611
3. Paralysis......113....2..11..1325
4. Epilepsy..1122........31....1415
5. Convulsions101121......3..10........4913
6.Hæmoptysis........1........1........1..1
7. Spine, Brain Disease, &c3310651..42121..12121022
Order 2.
1. Pericarditis......1..........1........1..1
2.Aneurism..................................
3.Heart Disease, &c.2..331212..531111..9131730
4.Phlebitis1..1..................1....11
5.Pressureon the Funis Cord........1........1........1..1
Order 3.
1. Laryngitis1231........12......l134
2. Bronchitis771415162115163..2l211738
3.Pneumonia145443..4141....610616
4. Asthma..........1......1..........11
5. Lung Disease, &c..22141..115......1538

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 50, F. 46 ; May Fair, M. 37, F, 26;
Belgrave, M. 193, F. 196. Total 548. Average 42.