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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Typhus Fever | 0 |
Enterie (or Typhoid) Fever | 1 |
Simple continued Fever | 0 |
Diarrhoea | |
Cholera | 0 |
Total |
Deaths of Parishioners from the principal Infectious Diseases in the Belgravia Sub-District.
Disease. | 1890. |
---|---|
Small Pox | 0 |
Measles | |
Scarlet Fever | 2 |
Diphtheria | 12 |
Whooping Cough | 40 |
Typhus Fever | 0 |
Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever | |
Simple continued Fever | 2 |
Diarrhoea | 26 |
Cholera | 0 |
Total | 121 |
There were also 8 deaths from Influenza.
Taking these diseases separately according to the order
in which they are placed in Table V., we find that:—
Small-Pox: caused no death in the Parish, and no deaths
of our Parishioners in Public Institutions outside of the
Parish.
Measles: no less than 49 deaths, exactly the same
number as that recorded in 1889, and nearly twice the