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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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Report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the third Quarter, 1857. 7

TABLE 5.Cases of Sickness among the Poor.

WeeksOUT - DOORWORKHOUSE
Kent Road, Mr. BabbageLondon Road, Mr. WakemBorough Road, Mr. LlewellynMr. Brown
Old CasesNew CasesTotalOld Case3New CasesTotalOld CasesNew CasesTotalOld CasesNew CasesTotal
132336530255550439310820128
2374077132437524910111718135
3304272195574545010411813131
4444690 143297255611161128120
518638130356543591021089117
62747742927565543981046110
72356792635614045851059114
83150812331544058981017108
9493685141327613798989107
104739881923423644801008108
115133841916351032721044108
125334871524394039791012103
13403777251136562884! 976103
TOTAL.482556Average under ! care weekly, 80305348Average under care weekly, 50622588Average under care weekly, 841373Average under care weekly, 114
Grand Total Out-door—Old Cases, 1409, JTew Cases, 1492 = Average under care weekly—Out-door, 214—In-door, 114.
N.B.—It should be here remarked, that " Old Cases" means only those ca. cs of illness that remain on the books more than one week, and consequently involve repetitions of the same case.
Corresponding Quarterof lastv year437374624894947559040276