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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Table III. (a)—DEATHS registered in the Parish of St. George,
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 63.
60 and under 8
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,
—210.
Males,-38,456.
Females, 51,302.
Total, 89.758.
Parishioners.
NonParishioners.
Class I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
6
10
6
7
3
4
1
7
4
20
1
1
1
8
16
21
37
1. Small-pox
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2. Measles
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3
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1
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2
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2
1
3
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
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1
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1
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1
1
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2
3
4. Diphtheria
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1
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1
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1
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1
5. Quinsy
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6. Croup
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2
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1
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1
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1
1
2
7. Whooping Cough
2
3
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1
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4
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2
3
5
8. Typhus
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Enteric (Typhoid) Fever
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3
2
2
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I
1
4
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1
2
5
7
Simple Continued Fever
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1
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I
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1
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1
9. Erysipelas
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1
2
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2
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1
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1
2
3
10. Puerperal Fever (Metrial)
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2
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1
1
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2
2
11. Pyæmia
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1
1
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1
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1
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2
1
2
3
12. Carbuncle
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13, Influenza
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14. Dysentery
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15. Diarrhœa
4
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1
1
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4
1
1
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3
3
6
10. Simple Cholera
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17. Ague
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18. Remittent Fever
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19. Rheumatism
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1
1
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1
1
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2
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2
Order 2.-Enthetic
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1
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1
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1
..
1
1. Syphilis
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1
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1
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1
..
1
2. Stricture of the Urethra
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Order 3.-Dietetic
4
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1
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1
1
3
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4
1
5
1. Privation
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2. Want of Breast Milk
4
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1
3
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3
1
4
Order 3.-Dietetic
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4. Alcoholism
a Del. Tremens
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b Intemperance
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1
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1
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1
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1
Order 4.-Parasitic
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1. Thrush
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2. Worms, &c.
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Class II. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1.-Diathetic
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1
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4
10
8
2
1
5
14
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5
11
14
25
1. Gout
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1
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1
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1
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1
2. Dropsy
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2
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2
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2
2
3. Cancer
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1
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4
9
6
2
I
5
11
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5
10
12
22
4. Cancrum Oris (Noma)
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5. Mortitication
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Order 2.—Tubercular
6
5
9
20
17
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18
3
88
1
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4
5
28
80
59
1. Scrofula
1
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2
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1
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1
1
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1
1
1
3
4
2. Tabes Measenterica
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2
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1
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1
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1
1
2
3. Phthisis
2
7
20
16
2
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10
3
29
1
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3
4
19
31
50
4. Hydrocephalus
3
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1
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2
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2
1
3
Class III. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System
4
5
..
6
4
12
2
4
5
17
2
1
1
8
12
21
33
1, Cephalitis
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1
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1
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1
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1
2. Apoplexy
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3
3
7
1
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3
7
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1
1
2
4
10
14
3. Paralysis
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2
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3
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2
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2
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1
2
3
5
4. Insanity
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5. Chorea
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6. Epilepsy
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7. Convulsions
2
2
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1
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3
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1
3
4
8. Bruin Disease, &c.
2
7
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1
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2
1
1
2
5
1
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4
5
9
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.
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4
7
16
15
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4
2
16
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3
2
15
16
26
42
1. Pericarditis
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2. Aneurism
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1
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1
1
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1
3. Heart Disease,&c.
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4
7
15
15
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4
2
16
..
3
2
14
15
26
41
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.
18
18
1
13
29
46
9
16
17
79
6
2
5
9
04
70
134
1. Laryngiltis
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2
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1
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1
2
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3
..
3
2. Bronchitis
7
8
..
6
18
38
9
11
11
49
6
2
3
4
39
47
86
3. Pleurisy
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1
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1
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2
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3
3
4. Pneumonia
4
7
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1
6
2
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4
1
15
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1
1
9
13
22
5. Asthma
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1
2
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3
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2
1
3
6. Lung Disease, &c.
7
1
1
2
4
2
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1
3
10
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1
2
11
6
17
BIRTHS registered during 13 weeks.—Hanover Square, M. 44, F. 41; May Fair, M. 40, F. 52;
Belgrave, M, 224, F. 280. Total, 640.