London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hanover Square 1873

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

This page requires JavaScript

TableIV.—DEATHS registered in the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the13Weeks ending March 29th,1873.

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. 1May Fair—13,020.Belgrave.—58,038.Mount.street Work.—268.Little Chelsea Work.—350.St. George's Hospital, —216.Males,-38,466.Females, 51,302.Total, 89,758.[/##]
Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.
Class I Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.9861052..2325....55211940
1. Small- pox......1..........1..........11
2. Measles231............6........426
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)1111..........4........224
4. Diphtheria....................................
5. Quinsy..................................
6. Croup121............4........314
7. Whooping Cough..1............1............11
8. Typhus..................................
Enteric(Typhoid) Fever..1261........5........4610
Simple Continued Fever .........1..................1..1
9. Erysipelas..................................
10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)......1................1....11
11. Pyaemia......121............22314
12. Carbuncle................................
13. Influenza................................
14. Dysentery..................................
15. Diarrhœa..........1..21........426
16. Simple Cholera............................
17. Ague............................
18. Remittent Fever..............................
19. Rheumatism1......11....11....113..3
Order 2.-Enthetic1................1........1..1
2. Stricture of Urethra........11............1........
Order 3.—Dietetic......2........141............
1. Privation................................
2. Want of Breast Milk3..............12........213
3. Purpura and Scurvy1................1........1..1
4. Alcoholism a Del. Tremens............................2..1
b Intemperance................................
Order 4.—Parasitic2................2..........22
1. Thrush2
2. Worms, &c...................................
Class II. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1.—Diathetic1....3105..327....1681119
1. Gout........1....1................1
2. Dropsyi......12......3............4
3. Cancer......383..224....155914
4. Cancrum Oris(Noma)................................
5. Mortification..................................
Order 2.—Tubercular441123143..16361..411342559
1. Scrofula....1............1..............
2. Tabes Mesenterica2
3. Phthisis11923143..16......411302252
4. Hydrocephalus121............4........134
Class III. Local Diseases. Order 1.—Nervous System. .108..215192118332..42342660
1. Cephalitis......1..........1..........11
2. Apoplexy......9121449....41111122
3. Paralysis........4..1315........459
4. Insanity2......1........22......134
5. Chorea................................
6. Epilepsy....21..........3............3
7. Convulsions861........32......112315
8. Brain Disease, &c...21..21..11......56
Order 2.- Organs of Circulation....1781513419....15171532
1. Pericarditis..................................
2. Aneurism......2..1....1........23..3
3. Heart Disease, &c.....1581513319....13141529
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.141611125375254617..3..5554109
1. Laryngitis2................2........112
2. Bronchitis1011..414303183456..11383674
3. Pleurisy..........1......1..........11
4. Pneumonia13..52....2..6....216511
5. Asthma........232`1..51......527
6. Lung Disease, &c1..1273..418......15914

BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 43, F. 46: May Fair, M. 29. F. 28;
Belgrave, M. 219, F. 202. Total, 567. '