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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 (b)— 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 60.60 and under 8080 and above.Hanover Square.—18,700.May Fair—13,020.Belgrave.—58,038.Mount-street Work.—268.LittleChelseaWork.—350.St. George's Hospital, —216.Males,-38,456.Females, 51,302.Total, 89.758.
Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.
Class I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.13133433..4327....14182139
1. Small-pox..................................
2. Measles111........1..2........213
3 Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)..3..........1..2........213
4. Diphtheria..................................
5. Quinsy..................................
6. Croup12..............1......23..3
7. Whooping Cough35..............8........358
8. Typhus..................................
Enteric (Typhoid) Fever..................................
Simple Continued Fever....1..1........2........112
9. Erysipelas..1......2..111........123
10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)......3......1..2..........33
11. Pyæmia........................123..3
12. Carbuncle..................................
13. Influenza..................................
14. Dysentery..................................
15. Diarrhœa8........1....18........369
16. Simple Cholera..................................
17. Ague..................................
18. remittent Fever..................................
19. Rheumatism..1..1........11..........22
Order 2.—Enthetic5................4..1..235
1. Syphilis5................4....1..235
2. Stricture of the Urethra..................................
Order 3.—Dietetic........11........22....224
1. Privation..................................
2. Want of Breast Milk2....................2......22
3. Purpura and Scurvy..................................
4. AlcoholismDel. Tremens........1..........1......1..1
Intemperance..........1........1......1..1
Order 4.—Parasitic1................1........1..1
1. Thrush1................1........1..1
2. Worms, &c...................................
ClassII. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1.—Diathetic2....11161247112491221
1. Gout........21..11......1..3..3
2. Dropsy2......23....2......1..257
3. Cancer......172..113......44610
4. Cancrum Oris (Noma)..................................
5. Mortification............1....1..........11
Order 2.—Tubercular71824162..12336....41431558
1. Scrofula1....1..........2........2..2
2. Tabes Mesenterica111........1..2........3..3
3. Phthisis2..723162..9331114i351550
4. Hydrocephalus3............2..1........3..3
Class III. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System6332911491221212211788
1, Cephalitis..1..........1............1v1
2. Apoplexy........5412..6..1..15510
3. Paralysis....1..3..12..3........235
4. Insanity....................1......1..1
5. Chorea..................................
6. Epilepsy........12......2..1....123
7. Convulsions411........2..4........426
8. Brain Disease, &c.2112..4..217....117512
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.....431213..7413......7151732
1. Pericarditis................................
2. Aneurism..................................
3. Heart Disease, &c.....431213..7413..1..7151732
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.1283411263155344342293867
1. Laryngitis..................................
2. Bronchitis841..315..7217332..122234
3. Pleurisy..........1....1............11
4. Pneumonia13..358..629....1211920
5. Asthma..................................
6. Lung Disease, &c.312132..2..8i..1..6615