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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
Hanover Square 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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| Disease. | 1891. |
|---|---|
| Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever | 3 |
| Simple continued Fever | 0 |
| Diarrhœa | 3 |
| Cholera | 0 |
| Total | 21 |
There were also 11 deaths from Influenza.
Table Vb.
Deaths of Parishioners from the principal Infectious Diseases in the Belgravia Sub-District:—
| Disease. | 1891. |
|---|---|
| Small Pox | 0 |
| Measles | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 |
| Diphtheria | 9 |
| Whooping Cough | 18 |
| Typhus Fever | 0 |
| Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever | 6 |
| Simple continued Fever | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 28 |
| Cholera | 0 |
| Total | 79 |
There were also 35 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: only 13 deaths were caused by this disease, as
against 49 in 1890 and 49 in 1889, the average for the
previous 10 years being 28.5.