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TO THE
Vestry of St. George, Hanober Square.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Five hundred and forty-four deaths were registered in
the quarter that ended June 30, 1866, whereas in the
corresponding quarter of last year, the number was 518.
The 544 deaths include 71 of non-parishioners, at St.
George's Hospital, and of 10 inmates at the Little Chelsea
Workhouse. The weekly average is 41, while that of the
preceding ten years is 35.9. By the annexed Table, it will
be seen that the increased mortality did not arise from
zymotic diseases, but principally from disorders of the respiratory
organs. In the quarter ending July 1, 1865,
98 persons died from zymotic disease, whereas in the present
period only 67 died from this cause, whilst 93 died of lung
disorder.
There was 1 death from small-pox, of a girl, aged 6, in
Caledonia-street, Pimlico. Of the 16 deaths from measles,
one only occurred in the Hanover and May-fair, viz., in
Hayes-mews; the others were in the Belgrave, viz., Westmoreland-street,
Chelsea-barracks, Whittaker-street, Dorsetmews,
Eccleston-street East, Royal-mews, Warwick-street,
Passmore-street, Kinnerton-street, and Stanley-place. Scarlet
fever was fatal in Pollen-street Hanover-square, Queen-street,
and Westmoreland-street. A boy, aged 3, died from