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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 2.—Mortality, &c. compared with other Parishes.
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Conditions of Locality
Parish
Height above Trinity
High Water Mark
Area
in
Acres
Population,
1861
Each Person
represents
Annual Value
Each Person pays to
Relief of Poor
Same Rate as
St. Geo.'s Southwark,
each should pay
Density.
Persons to an Acre
Average Annual
Mortality in 10,000,
1841 to 1850
Mortality from
Cholera, to every
10,000 Inhabitants.
Mean of 1840 & 1854
The Quarter ending Christmas 1856
Total
Zymotic
Mortality
Fever
Diarrhoea
Total
Mortality
Births
Excess of
Births
over Deaths
to Dec. 31
Dense Population.
PEET
£
s.
d.
s.
d.
d.
Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southicark.
High Level.
St. James
58
164
36,406
12
13
4
10
3
30
0
222
206
840
17
3
3
164
...
53
Wealthy.
Sparse Population.
Hampstead
350
2252
11,986
5
16
0
8
3
13
9
5
178
9.5
15
4
4
71
•...
28
High Level.
Medium Circumstances.
Dense Population.
St. Giles
68
245
54,214
5
12
8
5
9
13
4
221
252
37.0
75
11
7
344
...
79
High Level.
Medium Circumstances.
Sparse Population.
Camberwell
4
4342
54,667
4
4
0
5
9
10
5
13
231
94.0
28
4
4
301
...
121
Low Level.
Poor.
St. George's,
Southwark,—
M.
F.
Dense Population.
Kent-rd. District
1
105
18,126
173
252
28
3
3
94?
87
68
...
Low Level.
Borough-rd. „
2
65
15,862
.
...
244
347
132.5
10
3
4
83?
71
66
Poor.
London-rd. „
0
112
17,836
...
...
159
250
22
5
1
95?
82
80
...
240
214
Total
0
282
51,824
3
6
4
7
10
7
10
184
281
...
60
11
8
276
454
196
„
Newington
1
624
64,186
3
15
0
8
1
8
10
104
247
122.5
55
11
5
392
...
250
„
Bermondsey
0
688
48,128
3
0
9
5
4
7
1
70
268
159.5
67
6
7
333
...
200
Dense Population.
Bethnal Green
38
760
90,193
1
10
0
3
10
3
6
119
242
55.0
97
31
14
497
...
389
Medium Height.
Very Poor.
All London
...
...
2,480,347
5
16
1
6
4
13
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...