Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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WARD. | Births. | Infantile Mortality. | Zymotic Rates in the Wards. | ||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth, rate. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diar-rhœa. | Phthisis. | ||
St. Mary | 279 | 301 | 580 | 25.9 | 100 | — | 0.63 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.40 | — | 0.22 | 1.65 |
St. Paul | 273 | 262 | 535 | 24.8 | 90 | — | 0.23 | — | 0.14 | 0.23 | — | 0.18 | 1.39 |
St. Peter | 258 | 263 | 521 | 27.1 | 138 | — | 1.35 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.31 | — | 0.10 | 1.25 |
St. John | 302 | 340 | 642 | 28.1 | 112 | — | 0.92 | — | 0.09 | 0.52 | — | 0.52 | 2.15 |
Trinity | 249 | 240 | 489 | 26.6 | 112 | — | 1.25 | 0.05 | 0.33 | 0.16 | — | 0.54 | 2.01 |
All Saints | 393 | 367 | 760 | 36.6 | 113 | — | 1.11 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.82 | 1.74 |
St. Michael | 334 | 363 | 697 | 27.3 | 100 | — | 1.49 | — | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.16 | 0.55 | 1.84 |
St. Jude | 208 | 172 | 380 | 24.7 | 71 | — | 0.84 | — | 0.13 | 0.06 | — | 0.26 | 1.82 |
St. George | 341 | 347 | 688 | 31.6 | 144 | — | 1.52 | — | 0.09 | 0.46 | — | 0.64 | 1.93 |
Christchurch | 129 | 142 | 271 | 23.4 | 148 | — | 1.04 | — | 0.34 | 0.17 | — | 0.43 | 1.47 |
St. Saviour | 162 | 148 | 310 | 25.0 | 158 | — | 1.37 | — | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 1.70 |
Borough | 2,928 | 2,945 | 5,873 | 27.8 | 115 | — | 1.06 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.42 | 1.74 |