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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
St Olave 1896
Annual report of the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1896
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TABLE OP POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OP NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the St. Olave's, (Southwark, S.E.) District; classified according
to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Namber of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all ages | Registered Births. | Aged under 6 or over 5 | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases removed from their houses in the several localities, for treatment in Isolation Hospitals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1891 | Estimated to middle of 1896. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Small-pox | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup | FEVERS. | Cholera | Erysipelas | Small-pox | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous | Croup | FEVERS | Cholera | Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||||
| Typhus | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typhus | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District | 12,723 | 11,673 | 419 | Under 5 | ... | 13 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | 36 | 19 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 31 | 18 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |||||
| Guy's Nurses. Staff and Nursing Institution | Under 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 5 upwds. | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Workhouse | Under 5 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 5 upwds. | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Totals | Under 5 | ... | 17 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 5 upwds. | ... | 42 | 23 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 40 | 21 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||||