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Southwark 1893
Annual report for 1893 of the Medical Officer of Health
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74 Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
APPENDIX C.
T able I.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Borough Road | London Road | Kent Road. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | |||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | 3 | 12 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Whooping-Cough | 24 | 24 | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Influenza | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Asiatic Cholera | 1 | ||
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
| 2.—Diarrhœal Diseases. | |||
| Simple Cholera | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 11 | 87 | 37 |
| 3.—Malarial Diseases. | |||
| (e.g., Remittent Fever, Ague) | ... | ... | ... |
| 4.—Zoogenous Diseases. | |||
| Cowpox and effects of Vaccination | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, and Splenic Fever) | ... | ... | ... |
| 5.—Venereal Diseases. | |||
| Syphilis | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra | ... | ... | ... |
| 6.—Septic Diseases. | |||
| Erysipelas | ... | 4 | 1 |
| Pyaemia, Septicæmia | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Thrush | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Hydatids and other Animal Parasitic Diseases | ... | 1 | ... |
| Starvation and Want of Breast Milk | ... | ... | ... |
| Scurvy | ... | ... | ... |
| Chronic Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Rheumatism | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Gout | 1 | ... | 4 |
| Rickets | 11 | 17 | 6 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 12 | 19 | 13 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 18 | 17 | 26 |
| Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 9 | 21 | 29 |
| Phthisis | 25 | 29 | 1 |
| Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases | 16 | 24 | 21 |
| Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia | ... | 3 | 4 |
| Glycosuria, Diabetes, Mellitus | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Carried forward | 174 | 215 | 194 |