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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 2.
Number of births belonging to each ward, with the birth.rates, and also the infantile mortality and zymotic rate in the several wards for 1906.
| Births. | Infantile Mortality. | Zymotic Rates | in the Wards. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WARD. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birthrate. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | |
| St. Mary's | 358 | 310 | 668 | 30.3 | 134 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0'22 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.91 | 2.18 |
| St. Paul's | 255 | 264 | 519 | 24.3 | 131 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.84 | 1.69 |
| St. Peter's St. John's | 269 328 | 251 327 | 520 655 | 27.1 29.1 | 156 169 | 0.00 0.00 | 0.46 0.40 | 015 0.22 | 0.15 0.04 | 0.46 013 | 0.05 0.04 | 1.14 1.60 | 1.41 200 |
| Trinity | 263 | 247 | 510 | 28.1 | 155 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 0.27 | 011 | 0.49 | 0.05 | 0.88 | 2.37 |
| All Saints' | 383 | 336 | 719 | 35.2 | 133 | 0.00 | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 1.12 | 1.95 |
| St. Michael's | 379 | 375 | 754 | 29.9 | 142 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.07 | 1.15 | 2.46 |
| St Jude's | 224 | 224 | 448 | 29.5 | 134 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 019 | 0.32 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 1.91 |
| St. George's | 364 | 325 | 689 | 32.1 | 174 | 0.00 | 1.21 | 0.42 | 0.19 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 1.96 | 2.05 |
| Christchurch | 129 | 124 | 253 | 22.1 | 154 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.35 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.70 | 2.54 |
| St. Saviour's | 179 | 165 | 344 | 28.1 | 129 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.65 | 2.12 |
| Borough | 3,131 | 2,948 | 6,079 | 29.1 | 147 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 0.21 | 015 | 0.26 | 0.06 | 1.08 | 2.06 |