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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; from Epidemic and other Disease, St. George's Southwark, compared with four other Parishes.
PARISHES.
EPIDEMICS.
Small Pox, Measles, Scarlatina, Hooping
Cough, Diarrhoea, Typhus.
Deaths from all causes, the
half year to Midsummer.
Acres.
Population.
1851.
1855.
1856.
1855.
1856.
1st. Qr.
2nd. Qr.
1st. Qr.
2nd. Qr.
St. George's, Southwark
282
51824
82
61
49
47
762
595
Camberwell
4342
54667
57
55
32
45
762
639
Newington
624
64816
84
62
46
58
893
712
Bermondsey
688
48128
87
71
42
61
703
522
St. Giles'
245
54214
81
52
45
60
904
677