London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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| 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. George's Hospital. 216. | Males, 38,456. | Females, 51,302. | Total, 89,768. | ||
| Parishioners. | Non-Parishioners. | ||||||||||||||||
| Order 4.—Digestive Organs. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 33 | ||
| 1. Gastritis | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3. Peritonities | 1 | 2 | i | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4. Ascities | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 5. Ulceration of Intesines | |||||||||||||||||
| 6. Hernia | |||||||||||||||||
| 7. Iles and Intussusception | |||||||||||||||||
| 8. Stricture of Intestine | |||||||||||||||||
| 9. Fistula | |||||||||||||||||
| 10. Stomach Disease, &c. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 11. Pancreas Disease, &c. | |||||||||||||||||
| 12. Hepatitis | |||||||||||||||||
| 13. Jaundice | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 14. Liver Disease, &c | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
| 15. Spleen Disease, &c. | |||||||||||||||||
| Order 5.—Urinary Organs | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 14 | |||||||
| 1. Nephria | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2. Diabetes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3. Kidney Disease, &c. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4. Disease of Bladder | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 5. Calculus (stone) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Order 6.—Generative Organs . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1. Ovarian Dropsy | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. Uterine Disease, &c | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1. Arthritis | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. Joint Disease, &c | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Order 8. - Skin, &c | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1. Phlegmon | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. Ulcer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3. Skin Disease, &c. | |||||||||||||||||
| Class iv. Developmental Diseases Order 1.—Diseases of Children . | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 7 | |||||||||
| 1. Premature Birth | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2. Cyanosis | |||||||||||||||||
| 3. Spina Bifida | |||||||||||||||||
| 4. Other Malformations | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 5. Teething | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Order 2.—Diseases of Adults . | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Paramenia | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. Child-birth(see Metria | |||||||||||||||||
| Order 3.-Diseases of Aged | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||||||||
| 1. Old Age | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||||||||
| Order 4. -Diseases of Nutrition | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1177 | |||||
| 1. Atrophy and Debility | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | |||||
| Class V. Vilent Deaths, &c Order 1.—Accident or Negligence. | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 21 | ||||
| 1. Fractures and Contusions | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| 2. Wounds, Gunshot, cut, Stab | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3. Burns and Scalds | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4. Poison | |||||||||||||||||
| 5. Drowning | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 6. Suffocation | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 7. Other Injuries | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Order 2.—Homicide | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1. Murder and Manslaughter. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Order 3.—Suicide. | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Cut, Stab, Shot | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. Poison | |||||||||||||||||
| 3. Drowning | |||||||||||||||||
| 4. Hanging | |||||||||||||||||
| 5. Otherwise | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudden Deaths (Cause unascertained) | |||||||||||||||||
| Causes not specified or ill-defined | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL | 73 | 80 | 32 | 78 | 104 | 90 | 22 | 90 | 32 | 261 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 63 | 251 | 228 | 479 |
DEATHS registered during corresponding weeks of ten years (average) 483.