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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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Table 4—Parish of St. George the Martyr, Acres, 282; Estimated Population 1854, 53,509
Medical Officer's Return of Mortality the Quarter ending Michaelmas 1856.
Males
166)
Deaths
Total
339
Females
173)
Males
13
Births.
Total
433
Females
220)
Excess of Births over Deaths
94
Diseases.
Districts.
Sex.
Ages.
One of these aged 104.
Kent Road 105 Acres.
Pop. 1851, 18,933.
Boro' ltd. 65 acres Includ.
Pop. 1854, 16208. Workhse
London Road, 112 Acres.
Pop. 1851, 18,368.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Under 1 year.
From 1 to 5 years.
From 5 to 10 years.
Total under 10 years
From 10 to 20 years.
From 20 to 30 years
From 30 to 40 years.
From 40 to 50 years.
From 50 to 60 years
From 60 to 70 years.
Over 70 years of age.
Small Pox
l
3
2
2
4
1
2
1
4
Measles
18
9
4
17
14
31
7
23
1
31
Scarlatina
Malignant Sore Throat
3
2
1
2
4
6
5
5
1
Hooping Cough
1
4
1
5
1
6
1
4
1
6
Diarrhoea and Dysentery
22
18
12
22
30
52
42
6
1
49
2
1
Cholera
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
Fever
2
3
3
2
5
1
1
1
1
2
Erysipelas
1
1
1
1
Puerperal Fever
Lung Diseases, except
Phthisis
11
19
8
18
20
38
12
10
2
24
1
1
3
5
4
Phthisis,
7
18
13
22
16
38
2
3
5
2
7
10
10
4
Hydrocephalus, Tabes, Scrophula,
Spasmodic Croup, and
Convulsions of Infants
9
24
19
21
31
52
34
16
2
52
Other Diseases, chiefly
Chronic
17
28
30
40
35
75
2
4
1
7
3
6
10
11
10
14
14
Violence, Privation, Poison,
& Premature Birth
7
11
11
14
15
29
23
2
25
1
1
1
1
Total
98
140
101
166
173
339
125
77
9
211
6
15
24
22
18
24
19
Includg 42
in Workhs.