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 Camberwell.
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Diphtheria
Scarlet
Fever.
Typhoid
fever.
Smallpox.
Erysipelas.
Beckett Street 3 6 - 6 2
Crown Street 1 — — — 1
Sultan Street 2 5 — — 2
Hollington Street 3 3 2 4 1
Toulon Street — — — 7 1
Pitman Street — — — — 3
Thompson's Avenue 3 1 — — 2
Gange Street — 1 1 - -
12 16 3 17 12
I have estimated the population of the streets above-mentioned
4,532 inhabitants; this, however, is probably under the correct number,
for I think that at many houses that I visited I was not made acquainted
with the full number of tenants.
Deaths for the Year 1895 in the Area alluded to by
the Memorialists. Also that of St. George's
Registration District for the same period:—
M.
F.
M.F.
0-1
40
-
50
50
-
60
80
-
90
90
-
100
Ac.
P.B.
1-5
5-10
10
-
20
20
-
30
30
-
40
60
-
70
70
-
8O
-
36
4
Area
alluded
to.
-
103
26
6
5
5
7
8
2
4
0
4
0
2
St.
George's
614
252
57
89
102
112
623
1237
397
54
44
72
65
76
25
44
4
I
Child
Birth.
Ery.
H.C.
S.F.
Can.
Bron.
Alcoholism.
Typ.
Inf.
S.P.
Tub.
Diar.
Chronic.
Dip.
M.
-5
+5
-5
+5
N.I.
P.F.
1
0
2
0
18
19
13
1
18
Area
alluded
to.
0
1
0
0
1
3
5
0
10
St.
George's
6
12
34
21
10
24
4
158
3
55
43
153
8
3
40
122
85
246
Deaths for the Year 1895 in the Area alluded to by the Memorialists. Also that of St. George's Registration District for the same period:—
M. | F. | M.F. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-10 | 10 – 20 | 20 – 30 | 30 – 40 | 40 – 50 | 50 – 60 | 60 – 70 | 70 – 8O | 80 – 90 | 90 – 100 | Ac. | P.B. | Con. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area alluded to. | – | – | 103 | 26 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
St. George's | 614 | 623 | 1237 | 397 | 252 | 54 | 44 | 57 | 76 | 89 | 102 | 72 | 65 | 25 | 4 | 44 | 112 | 54 |
Child Birth. | Ery. | H.C. | M. | S.F. | Dip. | Typ. | Inf. | S.P. | Tub. | Can. | Bron. | Diar. | Alcoholism. | Chronic. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N.I. | P.F. | -5 | +5 | -5 | +5 | |||||||||||||
Area alluded to. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
St. George's | 6 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 55 | 21 | 43 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 153 | 40 | 158 | 122 | 85 | 8 | 3 | 246 |