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St George (Southwark) 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
TABLE 4—Mortality and Sickness in Districts, &c.
| DISEASES | District Mortality | NEW CASES OF SICKNESS DURING THE QUARTER | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated present Population, 55,000 | Out and In-door Poor | INSTITUTIONS, 9 Weeks, April 26th to June 27th | |||||||||||||||||
| Kent Road 105 Acres. Ppn. 1851, 18,126 | London Road, 112 Acres Ppn. 1851, 17,836 | Boro' Road, 65 Acres. Ppn. 1851, 15,862 | Workhouse. Average Inmates, 427 | Kent Road, Mr. Babbage | London Road, Mr. Wakem | Boro' Road, Mr. Llewellyn | Workhouse, Mr. Brown | Royal South London Dispensary | Bethlehem Hospital, &c. Av. Inmts. 600 | Queen's Bench Prison | School for Indigent Blind | Asylum for Deaf & Dumb | Magdalen Hospital | Sickness Total | |||||
| Small Pox | - | - | - | Included in the Boro' Road District | - | - | - | - | - | - | Returns refused. | No Sickness of any importance. | - | - | - | ||||
| Chicken Pox | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | |||||||
| Measles | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 13 | |||||||
| Scarlatina, Malignant Sore Throat | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 13 | |||||||
| Hooping Cough | 12 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 17 | - | 15 | - | - | - | 49 | |||||||
| Diarrhœa | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 20 | - | - | 5 | 77 | |||||||
| Dysentery | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 5 | |||||||
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |||||||
| Fever | 5 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 20 | 65 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 141 | |||||||
| Ague | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | |||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Rheumatism | - | - | - | 17 | 7 | 12 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 43 | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | |||||||
| Pyæmia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Carbuncle | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | |||||||
| Chronic Lung Diseases, (except) Phthisis | 2 | - | 2 | - | 57 | 11 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 88 | ||||||
| Phthisis | 12 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 29 | ||||||
| Acute Lung Diseases | Bronchitis & Catarrh | 9 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 25 | - | - | - | 72 | |||||
| Pleurisy | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 4 | 7 | 3 | - | 11 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | ||||||
| Croup | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||
| Hydrocephalus, Tabes, Scrophula, Spasmodic Croup, Convulsions of Infants | 23 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | ||||||
| Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 19 | 19 | 42 | 19 | 145 | 189 | 315 | 36 | 543 | 50 | 12 | - | 1290 | ||||||
| Violence, Privation, Poison, and Premature Birth | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 | |||||||
| Sudden Deaths | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 94 | 91 | 114 | 35 | 335 | 304 | 475 | 72 | 615 | 53 | - | - | 17 | 9 | 1880 | ||||