Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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WARD. | Births. | Infantile Mortality. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Zymotic Rates in the Wards. | ||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Birthrate. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | ||||
St. Mary | 312 | 325 | 637 | 28.1 | 111 | _ | 0.18 | 0.31 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.59 | 2.12 |
St. Paul | 252 | 274 | 526 | 24.0 | 125 | — | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.51 | |
St. Peter | 307 | 290 | 597 | 30.5 | 134 | — | 031 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.42 | — | 0.73 | |
St. John | 327 | 323 | 650 | 28.1 | 151 | — | 013 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.09 | — | 1.15 | |
Trinity | 275 | 252 | 527 | 28.3 | 114 | — | 0.66 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.71 | 2.19 |
All Saints | 357 | 350 | 707 | 33.6 | 136 | — | 0.39 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0.05 | 0.87 | 1.80 |
St. Michael | 367 | 362 | 729 | 28.2 | 158 | — | 0.47 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 0.35 | — | 1.18 | 1.89 |
St. Jude | 185 | 204 | 389 | 24.9 | 154 | — | 0.13 | — | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.91 | 1.96 |
St. George | 355 | 347 | 702 | 31.8 | 164 | — | 1.06 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.18 | — | 1.62 | 1.94 |
Christchurch | 124 | 132 | 256 | 21.8 | 97 | — | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.26 | — | 0.43 | 2.44 |
St. Saviour | 158 | 149 | 307 | 24.5 | 111 | — | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.16 | - | 0.49 | 1.54 |
Borough | 3,019 | 3,008 | 6,027 | *28.1 | 136 | — | 0.36 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.87 |
*See note on page 9.