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Hanover Square 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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T able I.— DEATHS registered in the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the 13 Weeks ending June 29th, 1872.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Ages at Death.Sub-Districts & Population.Sexes.
Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above.Hanover Square.—18,700.May Fair—13,020.Belgrave.—58,038.Mount-street Work.—268.Little Chelsea Work.—350.St. G eorge's Hospital, 216.Males, 38,456.Females, 51,302.Total, 89,758.
Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.
Class I. Zymotic Disease
Order 1.—Mi-ismatic Diseases.14509668..196601..25444993
Small-pox....1..1........3........2..2
2. Measles3231........4..221......121527
3. Scarlet l ever (Scarlatina)..21........1..2........213
4. Diphtheria..41........2..2....1..235
5. Quinsy..................................
6. Croup..1..............1........1..1
7. Whooping Cough10172........9515..........121729
8. Typhus....................................
Enteric (Typhoid) Fever ...111......1..2..........213
Simple Continued Fever ...11..11......4..........224
9. Erysipelas......1..2......1........2123
10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)............................3....
11. Pyæmia......22....1..............25
12.Carbuncle........1......1..........11
13. Influenza..................................
14. Dysentery..................................
15. Diarrhœa11..........11..........2..5
16. Simple Cholera..................................
17. Ague..................................
18. Remittent Fever..................................
19. Rheumatism....122..............123..5
Order 2.-Enthetic................................
1. Syphilis................................
2. Stricture of Urethra..................................
Order 3.—Dietetic1....22..........21115..5
1. Privation..................................
2. Want of Breast Milk1....................1....1..1
3. Purpura and Scurvy..................................
4. Alcoholisma Del. Tremens......22..........2..114..4
b Intemperance..................................
Order 4. —Parasitic1................1........1..1
1. Thrush1..........................1..1
2. Worms, &c..................................
Class II. Constitutional Diseases Order 1.-Diathetic....1311..1428......7111021
1. Gout........1....1............1..1
2. Dropsy....123..11..5......47310
3. Cancer......162..213........279
4. Cancrum Oris(Noma)..................................
5. Mortification................1..........1..1
Order 2.—Tubercular710432172..146441..16324072
1. Scrofula........1......2......1..3..3
2. Tables Mesenterica12..........................3
3. Phthisis154..162..113371....6243458
4. Hydrocephalus53..........314........538
Class III. Local Diseases. Order 1.—Nervous System1134913174743822..8352661
1. Cephalitis..................................
2. Apoplexy........4512............2810
3. Paralysis1....1561119..1..29514
4. Insanity............11............1..1
5. Chorea......2..........................
6. Epilepsy..........1......11......213
7. Convulsions81..........2151......639
8. Brain Disease, &c.22464..15115......615924
Order 2.-Organs of Circulation.1..34134..1381..26141125
1. laryngitis..........1..2............1..1
2. Aneurism1......2....2..1........3..3
3. Heart Disease,&c....34113....371....6101121
Order 3. -Respiratory Organs.9123911295174422148403878
1. Larngitis..................................
2. Bronchitis45214172111191..21152035
3. Pleurisy......2..2....12......i224
4. Pneumonia551434..4..11..12414822
5. Asthma......121..4..3........44
6. Lung Disease, &c...2..13531271....35813

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 43, F. 40; May Fair, M. 26, F. 37;
Begrlave, M. 193, F. 179. Total, 518.