Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 6.—DEATHS Registered in St. George's, Southwark, during the Quarter ending
June 27th, 1857. (13 Weeks.)
CAUSES OK DEATH | ALL AGES | AGES | ||||||||||||||||
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M. | F. | T. | Under 1 | 1.— | 2.— | 3.— | 4__ | 5.— | All under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10.— | 15.— | All under 20 | 20.— | 40.— | 60.— | 8O and upwda. | |
All Causes | 148 | 151 | 299 | 76 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 145 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 157 | 42 | 37 | 52 | 11 |
I. Zymotic | 24 | 36 | 60 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 1 | - | - | 54 | 2 | 3 | - | |
II. Dropsy, &c. | 4 | 9 | 13 | I | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
III. Tubercular | 38 | 22 | 60 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | 1 | 23 | 21 | 1.1 | 3 | - |
IV. Brain and Nerves | 20 | 25 | 45 | 16 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | 3 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
V. Heart, &c. | 5 | 6 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
VI. Lungs, &c. | 26 | 27 | 53 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 23 | 1 | 2 | - | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 1 |
VII. Digestive Organs | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
VIII. Kidneys. &c. | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
IX. Childbirth, &c. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
X. Joints, &c. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
XI. Skin, &c. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
XII. Malformation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
XIII. Prem, Birth & Debility | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - |
XIV. Atrophy | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | - |
XV. Old Age | 10 | 9 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 6 |
XVI. Sudden | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
XVII. Violence, Privation, &c. | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
XVIII. Not specified | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
1. Small pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
Scarlatina | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Hooping Cough | 9 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28 | - | - | - | 28 | - | - | - | _ |
Croup | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Thrush | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diarrhœa | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | - | _ |
Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scurvy and Purpura | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Remittent Fever | - | 1 | 1 | _ | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Infantile „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhus „ | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | - |
Puerperal „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rheumatic „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Pyæmia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Syphilis | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
Noma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hydrophobia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
II. Hœmorrhage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dropsy | 2 | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Abscess | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ulcers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fistula | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mortification | 2 | - | ? | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Cancer | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Gout | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
III. Scrophula | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Tabes Mesenterica | 9 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Phthisis | 22 | 19 | 41 | - | 1 | I | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 3 | - |
Spasmodic Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hydrocephalus | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | ||
IV. Cephalitis | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
Apoplexy | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Paralysis | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Delirium Tremens | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
Chorea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Epilepsy | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
Tetanus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Insanity | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Convulsions | 9 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 19 | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | - |
Disease of Brain, &c. | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | - |