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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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DISEASES.Ages at Deaih.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 W ork.—350.St. George's Hospital. —216.Males, 37,511.Females, 50.236.Total, 87,747.
Parishioners.Mon-Parishioners.
Order 4. 1. Enteritis....1..1........2........112
2. Peritonitis1..1631..1..4....1..6511
3. Ascites....122....1..1....13325
4. Herinia........1................11...1
5. Ileus and Intussusception......11........1......1112
6. Fistula..................................
7. Stomach Disease, &c.1..1223....33....2..448
8. Hepatitis..................................
9. Jaundice..........1......1........1..1
10. Liver Disease, &c. Order 5...1134....1..2....14538
1. Nephria......42....112....11516
2. Diabetes.......1..................11..1
3. Kidney Disease, &c....123..1..11......5437
4. Diseased Bladder Order 6...........2......1......12..2
1. Ovarian Dropsy........1....1..............11
2. Uterus Disease, &c. Order 7.............2......11..................22
1. Arthritis...................................................
2. Joint Disease, &c. Order 8....................................................
1. Phlegmon...................................................
2. Ulcer...11..............................1...11
3 Skin Disease, &c.1...1......1...1.........1112
IV. Order 1. 1. Premature Birth5...5............212............415
2. Cyanosis...................................................
3. Spina Bifida...................................................
4. Other Malformations1...1..............................1...11
5. Teething Order 2....................................................
1. Old Age Order 4....................................................
2. Child-birth (see Metria) Order 3..........1...............1...............11
1. Old Age Order 4................94......8...0......11213
1. Atrophy and Debility V. Order 1.21122111...421611...1141125
(Accident or Negligence.) 1. Fractures and Contusions . ..........13........................4314
2. Gunshot.........1...........................11...1
3. Wounds...................................................
4. Burns and Scalds135......1...1...............5336
5. Poison...................................................
6. Drowning......21...1...?............11134
7. Suffocation2...2...1......1...1......1...3...3
8. Other Injuries Order 3.......12J........................44...4
1. Murder and Manslaughter. . Order 4. (Soicide.)...................................................
1. Cut, Stab, Shot...............1..................1......11
2. Poison...................................................
3. Drowning...................................................
4. Hanging Sudden Deaths (Cause uuascer-...................................................
tained)...................................................
Causes not specified or ill-defined2...2...2......1...2......1...134
TOTAL7868181921018611684022023...1790240231471