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, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
TABLE 1.—
Conditions of Locality | Parish | Height above Trinity High Water Mark | Area in Acres | Population, 1851 (In small figures calculated to June 1857) | Each Person represents Annual Value | Density. Persons to an Acre | Average Annual Mortality in 10,000, 1841 to 1850 | Mortality from Cholera, to every 10,000 Inhabitants. Mean of 1840 & 1854 | 53 Weeks ending January 2nd, 1858. | |||||||||
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Total Zymotic Mortality | Fever | Diarrhoea | Total Mortality | Deaths to 1000 Living 1841—50 | Deaths now to 1000 Living | Births to 1000 Living | Excess of Births over Deaths to Dec. 31 | |||||||||||
Dense Population. | St. James | FEET | 164 | 36,406 | £ | 222 | 206 | 84.0 | 108 | 17 | 30 | 729 | 22 | 2002 | 27 | 262 | ||
High Level. | 58 | 12 | 13 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Wealthy. | 36,406 | |||||||||||||||||
Sparse Population. | Hampstead | 350 | 2252 | 11,986 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 178 | 9.5 | 54 | 9 | 10 | 281 | 18 | 21.53 | 29 | 106 |
High Level. | ||||||||||||||||||
Medium Circumstances. | 13,048 | |||||||||||||||||
Dense Population. | St. Giles | 68 | 245 | 54,214 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 221 | 252 | 37.0 | 299 | 36 | 78 | 1463 | 27 | 26.98 | 33 | 368 |
High Level, | ||||||||||||||||||
Medium Circumstances. | 54.214 | |||||||||||||||||
Sparse Population. | Camberwell | 4 | 4342 | 54,667 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 231 | 94.0 | 162 | 28 | 50 | 1264 | 24 | 20.38 | 33 | 819 |
Low Level. | ||||||||||||||||||
Poor. | 62,021 | |||||||||||||||||
St. George's, Southwark,— | ||||||||||||||||||
Dense Population, | Kent-rd. District | 1 | 105 | 18,126 | ... | 173 | 252 | 132.5 | 75 | 16 | 26 | 393 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Low Level. | Borough-rd. „ | 2 | 65 | 15,862 | ... | 244 | 347 | 82 | 13 | 33 | 483 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Poor. | London-rd. „ | 0 | 112 | 17,836 | ... | 159 | 250 | 55 | 11 | 19 | 373 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Total | 0 | 705 | ||||||||||||||||
55,376 | ||||||||||||||||||
„ | Newington | 1 | 624 | 64,186 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 104 | 247 | 122.5 | 226 | 41 | 70 | 1644 | 26 | 23.10 | 38 | 1075 |
71,164 | ||||||||||||||||||
„ | Bermondsey | 0 | 688 | 48,128 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 70 | 268 | 159.5 | 207 | 25 | 71 | 1150 | 28 | 21.05 | 40 | 1028 |
Dense Population. | Bethnal Green | 38 | 760 | 54,628 | ||||||||||||||
Medium Height. | 90,193 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 119 | 242 | 55.0 | 543 | 104 | 131 | 2307 | 26 | 23.35 | 40 | 1554 | |||
Very Poor. | 98,791 | |||||||||||||||||
All London | ... | ... | 2,480,347 | 5 | 16 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25 | ... | ... | ... | |
2,667,917 |