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St George (Westminster) 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Table III. (rf.)
Deaths registered in the Parish of St. George, Hanoversquare,
during the 14 weeks ending January 2nd, 1875:—
Measles
10
Scarlet fever
18
Whooping cough
9
Typhus fever
1
Enteric (typhoid) fever
8
Simple continued fever
1
Diarrhoea
7
Violent deaths
24
Deaths in Public Institutions
119
„ under 1 year of age
78
„ 60 years and upwards
144
Total number of deaths from all causes
in the 14 weeks
501
Births registered during the 14 weeks:—
Hanover-square Sub-District.
92
May Fair „
66
Belgrave „
392
Total
550
N.B.—This table is necessarily very incomplete, as the
returns of the Local Registrars were not forwarded to the
Medical Officer of Health during the quarter.
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