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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1893
Annual report for 1893 of the Medical Officer of Health
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78 Parish of St. George the Martyr Southwark.
T able III.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Borough Road | London Road | Kent Road. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | |||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | ... | ... | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | 1 | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 1 | ... | ... |
| Whooping-Cough | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
| 2.—Diarrhœal Diseases. | |||
| Simple Cholera | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 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 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra | ... | ... | ... |
| 6.—Septic Diseases. | |||
| Erysipelas | 2 | ... | ... |
| Pyaemia, Septicæmia | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Thrush | ... | ... | ... |
| Hydatids and other Animal Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
| Starvation and Want of Breast Milk | ... | ... | ... |
| Scurvy | ... | ... | ... |
| Chronic Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | ... | ... | ... |
| Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart. | ... | ... | ... |
| Rheumatism | ... | ... | ... |
| Gout | ... | ... | ... |
| Rickets | 1 | 2 | ... |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | ... | ... | ... |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Phthisis | 2 | 4 | ... |
| Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis | ... | ... | ... |
| Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia | ... | ... | ... |
| Glycosuria, Diabetes, Mellitus | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
| Carried forward | 38 | 34 | 47 |