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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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to a zymotic death-rate of only 1.17, as against 1.33 in
1896, the rate for London being 2'58, and that for the 33
largest English towns 2.87. No large town had as low
a zymotic death-rate as this Parish, the nearest to it being
Swansea, with 1.36.
The highest zymotic death-rates in the country were those
of Preston 5.63 and Salford 5.50. In 1896 Salford was
highest with 4.10.
Table X.
Deaths of Parishioners from the principal Infectious Diseases and from Diarrhoea and Influenza:—
| Disease. | 1890. | 1891 | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | Average from 1890 to 1896. | 1897. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Measles | 45 | 13 | 48 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 32 | 25 | 18 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 12 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 20 |
| Whooping Cough | 48 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 23 | 13 |
| Typhus Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Simple Continued Fever | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Diarrhœa | 29 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 33 | 16 | 24 | 25 |
| Cholera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 143 | 100 | 132 | 108 | 98 | 109 | 108 | 112 | 94 |
| Influenza | 27 | 46 | 75 | 13 | 15 | 67 | 7 | 40 | 17 |
Taking these diseases separately, according to the order
in which they are placed in Table X., we find that:-
Small Pox caused no death in the Parish.
Measles caused 18 deaths of Parishioners, or decidedly
less than the average of the last seven years.
Scarlet Fever caused only 7 deaths of Parishioners, being
3 below the annual average. It also caused 1 death of a
Non-Parishioner in the Parish.