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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hanover Square 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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The following table shows the number of deaths which have occurred there between May 19th, 1867, and March 18th, 1868. Although these are registered in the annexed mortality tables, still, I thought it might be interesting to consider the deaths in this establishment, apart from the general mortality of the parish.
| No. | Dates, 1867. | Age. | Diseases. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years. | Months. | |||
| 1 | 19 May | 46 | Apoplexy. | |
| 2 | 27 „ | 2 | 11 | Phrenitis. |
| 3 | 4 July | 46 | - | Disease of Heart. |
| 4 | 4 Aug. | 5 | - | English Cholera. |
| 5 | 7 „ | 2 | 11 | Measles. |
| 6 | 21 „ | 33 | - | Hip Joint, Liver, and Dropsy. |
| 7 | 5 Sept. | 1 | 7 | Croup. |
| 8 | 14 Oct. | 65 | - | Bronchitis |
| 9 | 11 „ | 52 | - | Softening of the Brain. |
| 10 | 28 „ | 2 | 11 | Concussion of the Brain. |
| 11 | 24 Nov. | 1 | 5 | Bronchitis. |
| J2 | 28 „ | 3 | 11 | Inflammation of the Lung. |
| 13 | 4 Dec. | 1 | 1 | Bronchitis and Measles. |
| 14 | 21 „ | 1 | 11 | Inflammation of the Brain. |
| 15 | 25 „ | 33 | - | Consumption. |
| 16 | 30 „ | 3 | - | Diphtheria. |
| 17 | 14 Jan. '68 | 1 | 1 | Inflammation of the Lungs. |
| 18 | 8 Feb. | 11 | 10 | Inflammation on the Brain. |
| 19 | 28 „ | 40 | - | Paralysis. |
| 20 | 18 March | 41 | - | Pneumonia. |
During the same period there were 18 births—9 males and
9 females.
Assuming, then, the number of inhabitants to be 590,
the death-rate was 3.23 per cent., or rather more than 30
per 1,000 in about ten months. It appears also that, out
of 20 deaths, 5 were caused by zymotic diseases, and 10
from inflammation. I confess my surprise at finding so
many deaths in these model buildings, especially as they
are very convenient, comfortable, well ventilated, and situate
in a parish whose average death-rate has been only 17 per
1,000. The deaths at Gatliff's Buildings exceed the highest