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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
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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themselves, 1 hung himself, and a woman strangled herself.
In the last quarter (14 weeks) there were no less than
24 violent deaths, but I have not got the particulars of
these.
Vaccination.
The number of Vaccinations performed by Mr. Jay, in the Hanover-square and May Fair Sub-Districts, during the year ending January 2nd, 1875, was :—
| Primary cases | 173 |
| Secondary cases (re-vaccinations) | 6 |
| Total | 179 |
And by Dr. Edward Lowe Webb, in the Belgravian Sub-District:—
| Vaccinations. | Re-Vaccinations. | |
|---|---|---|
| Quarter ended March 1874 | 164 | 1 |
| „ „ June „ | 155 | 2 |
| „ „ September „ | 124 | 2 |
| „ „ January 2nd, 1875 | 115 | 1 |
| Total | 558 | 6 |
From which returns it appears, as before, that revaccination
is not by any means sufficiently resorted to; and
that is why epidemics of small-pox are so much more fatal
than they ought to be.