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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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Table II.
PARISH OF ST. GEORGE, HANOVER SQUARE.
Belgrave Sub-District.
| DISEASES. | 1. Out-Patient Paupers. | 2. St. George's Hospital. | 3. Royal Pimlico Dispensary. | 4. St. Paul and St. Barnabas' Dispensar)'. | TOTAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 8 | 4 | 6 | - | 18 |
| Chicken-pox | 16 | — | 5 | 7 | 28 |
| Measles . | 29 | 7 | 55 | 49 | 140 |
| Scarlatina | 27 | 23 | 43 | 29 | 122 |
| Whooping-cough | 18 | 1 | 52 | 45 | 116 |
| Croup | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Diarrhoea | 186 | 7 | 221 | 256 | 670 |
| Dysentery | 11 | — | — | 1 | 12 |
| Ague | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Continued Fever | 7 | 23 | 60 | 1 | 91 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 17 | 41 | 108 | — | 166 |
| Erysipelas | 12 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 57 |
| Delirium Tremens | - | 22 | - | - | 22 |
| Insanity | 17 | — | - | — | 17 |
| Bronchitis and Catarrh | 367 | 49 | 488 | 665 | 1,569 |
| Diphtheritis | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Pleurisy | 24 | 9 | 16 | — | 49 |
| Pneumonia | 44 | 57 | 5 | — | 106 |
| Pyaemia | 1 | - | 2 | — | 3 |
| Carbuncle | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 |
| All other Diseases | 1,418 | 21,778 | 5,734 | 3,501 | 32,431 |
| Total . | 2,215 | 22,054 | 6,821 | 4,570 | 35,660 |