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St George (Southwark) 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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DEATHS, ST. GEORGE'S, SOUTHWARK, 1845 to 1856.
1845.
1846.
1847.
1848.
1849.
1850.
1851.
1852.
1853.
1854.
1855.
Half year
1856.
1 st Quarter
373
352
399
459
372
310
366
386
325
394
429
304*
*including
Lewisham 9
2nd ditto
302
251
316
288
298
252
291
301
365
284
333
291*
Workhouse 95
Bethlem 7
3rd ditto
268
269
315
307
1112
241
302
330
327
840
279
Queen's Prison ?
4th ditto
349
335
541
427
342
370
395
284
446
439
306
Total Deaths
each year
1292
1207
1571
1481
2124
1173
1354
1301
1463
1947
1347
595
Total Births
each year
1811
1808
1693
1688
1661
1698
1805
1894
1833†
1914
1949
1028
Excess of Births
over Death
519
601
122
207
Less by
463
525
451
593
370t
Less by
33
602
433
Proportion of births illegitimate in 100.
The number of Sick may be approximately arrived at
from this Table, the calculation being, that for every Death
there are two persons constantly suffering sickness.
1844.
1852.
England
6.7
6.8
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S TENTH REPORT.
St. George's, Southwark
2.5
5.
†† These figures for 1853 are averaged, the exact figures for the
London Road District not being attainable.