Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | ||||||||||||||
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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. 1 | May 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. | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 25 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 40 |
1. Small- pox | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
2. Measles | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 |
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 |
4. Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
6. Croup | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 |
7. Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
8. Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric(Typhoid) Fever | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Simple Continued Fever . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
9. Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
10. Puerperal Fever (Metria) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
11. Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
12. Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
13. Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
14. Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
15. Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
16. Simple Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
17. Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
18. Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
19. Rheumatism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 |
Order 2.-Enthetic | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
2. Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Order 3.—Dietetic | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .... | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
1. Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
2. Want of Breast Milk | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3. Purpura and Scurvy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
4. Alcoholism a Del. Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
b Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Order 4.—Parasitic | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
1. Thrush | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
2. Worms, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Class II. Constitutional Diseases | |||||||||||||||||
Order 1.—Diathetic | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 5 | .. | 3 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
1. Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
2. Dropsy | i | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
3. Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
4. Cancrum Oris(Noma) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5. Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Order 2.—Tubercular | 4 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 3 | .. | 1 | 6 | 36 | 1 | .. | 4 | 11 | 34 | 25 | 59 |
1. Scrofula | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3. Phthisis | 1 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 3 | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 11 | 30 | 22 | 52 |
4. Hydrocephalus | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Class III. Local Diseases. Order 1.—Nervous System. . | 10 | 8 | .. | 2 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 34 | 26 | 60 |
1. Cephalitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
2. Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 22 | |
3. Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 9 |
4. Insanity | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
5. Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
6. Epilepsy | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
7. Convulsions | 8 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | 3 | 15 | |
8. Brain Disease, &c. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | |||
Order 2.- Organs of Circulation | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 32 |
1. Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 |
3. Heart Disease, &c. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 29 |
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs. | 14 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 61 | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | 55 | 54 | 109 |
1. Laryngitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2. Bronchitis | 10 | 11 | .. | 4 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 45 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | 38 | 36 | 74 |
3. Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
4. Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
5. Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | `1 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 7 |
6. Lung Disease, &c | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 43, F. 46: May Fair, M. 29. F. 28;
Belgrave, M. 219, F. 202. Total, 567. '