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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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"Notification of Infectious Disease" has been compulsory in the District since October 31st, 1889. The Isolation Hospitals are the Hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, and occasionally the London Fever Hospital and the London Small Pox Hospital.
Cases of Diphtheria and Enteric (Typhoid) Fever are also received into St. George's Hospital.

Table: (B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1897,in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of S t . George, Hanover Square, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

(B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1897,in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of S t . George, Hanover Square, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of LocalitiesPopulation at all Ages.Registered Births.Ages.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality.Number of such Cases removed from Home to Hospitals,
1234567891011Totals.1234567891011Totals.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1892.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFevers.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
Mayfair23,82723,900261Under 5...55.....................212...45........................9
5 upwards...289......21...1...1253...216......2............130
Belgravia56,14057,6941,104Under 5...4131......2............175...3630........................66
5 upwards...10067......331.........30231...9251......231.........8175
Fulham Rd. Workhouse.........Under 5......3........................3......3........................3
5 upwards......3......1............26......2.....................13
Buckingham Palace Rd. Workhouse.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards...1........................34...1........................34
St. George's Hospital.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards...a2......1...............6...2...........................2 |
Belgrave Children's Hospital.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards.....................................................................
St. Gabriel's do..........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards........................................................................
Orthopædic Hospital (Hanover Square).........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards........................................................................
Gordon Hospital for Cancer.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards........................................................................
Total79,96781,5941,365Under 5...4639......2............390...4038........................78
5 upwards....13281......372...1...47300...11659......251.........13214