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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 intheParish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the 18 Weeks ending80th of December,1866.Average,39.

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.—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..................................
2. Measles19111......1..11........5712
3.Scarlatina..71211....842........9514
4.Diphtheria..13........1....1..1..3..3
5. Quinsy..................................
6.Croup..11............1..........11
7.Sore Throat..................................
8. Whooping Cough722302........230........171532
9. Typhus (and infantile fever)..25422..137....118513
10.Erysipelas..................................
11. Metria......2..........11........22
12.Pyæmia......3..1......1....12314
13.Carbuncle..................................
14.Influenza..................................
15.Dysentery..................................
16.Diarrhœa8312....2..5171......8614
17.Cholera..................................
18.Ague..................................
19.Remittent Fever..................................
20. Rheumatism....2........1..1........112
21.Hydrophobia....1....................1..11
Order 2.
1.Syphilis1..1............1........1..1
2.Stricture of Urethra..................................
Order 3.
1.Privation..................................
2. Want of Breast Milk1..1............1........1..1
3.Purpura and Scurvy..................................
a Del. Tremens......1..1......1......12..2
4. Alcoholism b Intemperance........1........1........1..1
Order 4.
1.Thrush3..3............3........123
II. Order 1.
1.Gout............1..1..........1..1
2. Dropsy......163..1171......5510
3. Cancer......243....151..11459
4. Mortification....11................2..22
5.Abscess....211..........1....3314
Order 2.
1.Scrofula......1............1......1..1
2. Tabes Mesenterica325..1........6........336
3. Phthisis23830107..114344..26243761
4. Hydrocephalus3471..........8........268
III. Order 1.
1. Cephalitis2..2........2..............22
2. Apoplexy........6433..62....29413
3.Paralysis..11..35..1..511..1549
4. Epilepsy......111....111......213
5.Convulsions79181......2..17........91019
6. Brain Disease, Spine, &c2210132....58......316..16
Order 2.
1. Pericarditis....121....1..1....11314
2.Aneurism........1..............1..11
3. Heart Disease, &c......5133..316....47111021
Order 3.
1. Laryngitis..................................
2.Bronchitis1472051318533425143963561
3.Pleurisy..................................
4.Pneumonia2151712....21161......13720
5.Asthma..................................
6. Lung Disease, &c347..2l..117......15510

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 44, F. 45 ; May Fair, M. 31 F 25;
Beglrave, M. 216, F. 233. Total 594. Average 45,