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Southwark 1894

Annual report for 1894 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Table XV.TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year, 1894, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. George, Southwark; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.(Prepared in accordance with the instructions of the Local Government Board.)Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1894.

Table XV.

TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year, 1894, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. George, Southwark; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

(Prepared in accordance with the instructions of the Local Government Board.)

Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1894.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of healthNumber of such Cases Removed from thkir homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Small-pox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous. CroupTyphusFevers.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFevers.CholeraicErysipelas.
Census 1891.Esti-matedto middle of 1894.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.TyphusEnteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal
Boro' Road16,62416,825629 fUnder 5...27314..................7.........1420..............................
5 upwds.175672...12............41.........3138......4............2......
London Road21,22121.194804 |Under 512981..................1.........175..............................
5 upwds358231...13............29............131...5............4......
Kent Road21,86722,011638 |Under 5...28141...2........................165..............................
5 upwds...64283...9............31............121...3............5......
Evelina Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds..............................................................................
St. George's Workhouse.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds..............................................................................
Royal Bethlem Hospital and King Edward School.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds..............................................................................
Royal Eye Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds...............................................................................
Totals59,71260,0302071 fUnder 5184S36...2............8.........47302...........................
5 upwds41991186...341.........101......28863......12............11......