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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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A Non-Parishioner died of Dysentery in the Parish.
No death from English Cholera was registered.
Influenza: 17 deaths of Parishioners were recorded from
this disease, as against 7 in 1896. No Non-Parishioners
died from it in the Parish. As there is no special column
for this disease in the table (A), ordered by the Local
Government Board to be used, the deaths from it are
entered under other headings according to the information
given in the certificates; but in future, I propose to enter
the deaths from this disease in a separate column.
Cases of Infectious Diseases.
The following Table shows the number of cases certified
by Medical Attendants in the years 1890 to 1897:—
Table XI.
| Name of Disease. | Number of Cases certified. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1895. | 1897. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 145 | 122 | 318 | 567 | 255 | 298 | 339 | 178 |
| Enteric Fever | 40 | 26 | 42 | 62 | 65 | 37 | 52 | 39 |
| Conttinued Fever | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 64 | 74 | 118 | 111 | 97 | 92 | 119 | 119 |
| Erysipelas | 37 | 41 | 57 | 76 | 45 | 67 | 56 | 50 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 0 | 3 | 1 |
| English Cholera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 292 | 269 | 541 | 851 | 482 | 504 | 571 | 389 | |
Of the above 389 cases certified last year, only 8 were
also notified by householders.
There was also a case of Scarlet Fever of which I
received no certificate, as the Medical Attendant gave his
certificate to the person in charge of the Ambulance.