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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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T able 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 880 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.Non-Parishioners.
Class I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.6106734174201118162137
1. Small-pox..................................
2. Measles..3..........1..2........213
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)..1..1........11..........23
4. Diphtheria....1............1........1..1
5. Quinsy..................................
6. Croup..2..........1..1........112
7. Whooping Cough23..........1..4........235
8. Typhus..................................
Enteric (Typhoid) Fever....322....I14......1257
Simple Continued Fever..1..........I............1..1
9. Erysipelas........12..2........1..123
10. Puerperal Fever (Metrial)......2........11..........22
11. Pyæmia....11..1......1......2123
12. Carbuncle..................................
13, Influenza..................................
14. Dysentery..................................
15. Diarrhœa4........11....411....336
10. Simple Cholera..................................
17. Ague..................................
18. Remittent Fever..................................
19. Rheumatism....11........11........2..2
Order 2.-Enthetic..1..............1........1..1
1. Syphilis..1..............1........1..1
2. Stricture of the Urethra..................................
Order 3.-Dietetic4......1....113........415
1. Privation..................................
2. Want of Breast Milk4..............13........314
Order 3.-Dietetic..................................
4. Alcoholisma Del. Tremens..................................
b Intemperance........1....1............1..1
Order 4.-Parasitic..................................
1. Thrush..................................
2. Worms, &c...................................
Class II. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1.-Diathetic..1..410821514......5111425
1. Gout........1........1........1..1
2. Dropsy..........2......2..........22
3. Cancer..1..4962I511......5101222
4. Cancrum Oris (Noma)..................................
5. Mortitication..................................
Order 2.—Tubercular6592017..183881..45288059
1. Scrofula1..2..1....11....11134
2. Tabes Measenterica..2..........1..1........112
3. Phthisis2720162..103291..34193150
4. Hydrocephalus3............1..2........213
Class III. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System45..6412245172118122133
1, Cephalitis........1..........1......1..1
2. Apoplexy......3371..37..11241014
3. Paralysis......2..3..2..2......1235
4. Insanity..................................
5. Chorea..................................
6. Epilepsy..................................
7. Convulsions22..........1..3........134
8. Bruin Disease, &c.27..1..211251......459
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.....471615..4216..3215162642
1. Pericarditis..................................
2. Aneurism........1................11..1
3. Heart Disease,&c.....471515..4216..3214152641
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.18181132946916177962590470134
1. Laryngiltis..2......1....12........3..3
2. Bronchitis78..6183891111496234394786
3. Pleurisy..........1....1........2..33
4. Pneumonia47..162..4115....1191322
5. Asthma........12......3........213
6. Lung Disease, &c.711242..1310....1211617