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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TABLE 5.—
Weeks. | OUT-DOOR | WORKHOUSE | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kent Road, Mr. Babbage | London Road, Mr. Wakem | Borough Road, Mr. Llewellyn | Mr. Brown | |||||||||
Old Cases | New Cases | Total. | Old Cases | New Cases | Total | Old Cases | New Cases | Total | Old Cases | New Cases | Total | |
1 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 58 | 31 | 89 | 113 | 11 | 124 |
2 | 15 | 40 | 55 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 56 | 30 | 86 | 115 | 5 | 120 |
3 | 36 | 34 | 70 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 39 | 28 | 67 | 109 | 12 | 121 |
4 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 44 | 27 | 71 | 109 | 12 | 121 |
5 | 50 | 36 | 86 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 43 | 37 | 80 | 106 | 11 | 117 |
6 | 35 | 29 | 64 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 52 | 33 | 85 | 108 | 12 | 120 |
7 | 43 | 25 | 68 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 63 | 29 | 92 | 106 | 9 | 115 |
8 | 35 | 32 | 67 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 28 | 87 | 103 | 5 | 108 |
9 | 37 | 33 | 70 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 48 | 42 | 92 | 106 | 15 | 121 |
10 | 38 | 29 | 67 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 57 | 38 | 95 | 94 | 9 | 103 |
11 | 33 | 44 | 77 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 60 | 52 | 112 | 93 | 8 | 101 |
12 | 44 | 35 | 79 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 70 | 40 | 110 | 94 | 14 | 108 |
13 | 42 | 25 | 67 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 65 | 48 | 113 | 94 | 8 | 102 |
TOTAL. | 457 | 401 | Average under care weekly, 66 | 271 | 346* | Average under care weekly, 47 | 714 | 463 | Average under care weekly, 90 | 131 | Average under care weekly,| 114 | |
Grand Total Out-door—Old Cases, 1442, New Cases, 1210 = Average under care weekly—Out-door, 203—In-door, 114. N.B__It should be here remarked, that " Old Case" means only those cases of illness that remain on the books more than one week, and consequently involve repetition of the same case. • The number of orders issued for the district was 412, 346 only appear in the Medical Officer's books. | ||||||||||||
Corresponding Quarter of last Year | 454 | 335 | 60 | 388 | 304 | 53 | 792 | 475 | 97 | 72 |