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St George (Southwark) 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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In the forty-three metropolitan sanitary areas the lowest death-rates
were 11.3 in Hampstead, 12.6 in Stoke Newington, 13.8 in St. George's,
Hanover Square, 14.8 in Wandsworth, and 15.1 in Lee; the highest
death-rates, on the other hand, were 25.2 in St. Saviour's, Southwark,
261 in Limehouse, 26 5 in Holborn, 26.8 in St. Luke's, and 271 in St.
George's, Southwark.
The facts of your death-rate are briefly as follows :—
TABLE III.
| Sub-District. | No. of Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899. | 1900. | 1899. | 1900. | 1899. | 1900. | |
| Borough Road | 546 | 575 | 34.8 | 34.3 | 188 | 191 |
| London Road | 501 | 497 | 23.5 | 22.5 | 188 | 194 |
| Kent Road | 626 | 580 | 26.6 | 26.3 | 234 | 235 |
| Whole Parish | 1,673 | 1,652 | 27.7 | 27.1 | 205 | 209 |
| London | 89.689 | 86,007 | 19.3 | 18.3 | 167 | 160 |
| 33 Large Towns | 229,777 | 226,287 | 20.2 | 19.5 | 181 | 172 |
It is clear, then, that the death-rate of St. George's, Southwark, is
abnormally high. One is naturally led to enquire whether a further
analysis of facts and figures will throw any light upon this state of affairs.
On comparing the average death-rate in the three sub-districts for
the years 1892-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 with that of 1900, we find :—
TABLE IV.
| Sub-district. | Death-rate per 1,000. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1892 to 1899. | 1900. | |
| Borough Road | 33.1 | 34.3 |
| London Road | 22.0 | 22.5 |
| Kent Road | 24.4 | 26.3 |
During the past year the mortality in the Borough Road has been
11.8 over that of the London Road, and 8.0 over that pf the Kent Road