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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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Table: (A)TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. George' s , Hanover Square, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

(A)TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. George' s , Hanover Square, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Localities.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality. from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of children under five.
At all ages.Under 1.1—5.5—15.15—25.25—65.65 & upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.CholeraErysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
Mayfair148138337249Under 5......1.....................1...1.........23111121
5 upwds..........................................1...122917464127
Belgravia563132551321188154Under 5......3......2............1141218......122531186187
5 upwds......4......3............13...31...45884411173376
St. George's Infirmary (Fulham Road)13874...15571Under 5.................................1...2......14......311
5 upwds.......................................1......262511658127
Union Workhouse43............1Under 5............................................................33
5 upwds............................................................11
St. George's Hospital724537449Under 5......1..............................1......12......49
5 upwds......2......5............1...............66653263
Belgrave Children's Hospital11731.........Under 5................................................321...410
5 upwds................................................1............1
Other places in the Parish114...1...51Under 5.........................................................4...4
5 upwds......................................................25...7
Net Total947170752132364285Under 5......5......2............2151321......1936516111245
5 upwds......6......8............23...42...901488031328702

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The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging the above records of mortality.

Table: The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging the above records of mortality.

The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging the above records of mortality.

Parishioners dying outside parish12013811125620Under 5...62.......................................1211821
5 upwds...17......1............1.........1...14111374399
Non-Parishioners dying in parish.63041422236377112Under 5......8........................267......1311213383
5 upwds......3......8............2......32...106806552226547