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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 2.—Mortality, &c., compared with other Parishes.
| Conditions of Locality | Parish | Height above Trinity High Water Mark | Area in Acres | Population, 1851 | 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 March 28th, 1857 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Zymotic Mortality | Fever | Diarrhoea | Total Mortality | Births | Excess of Births over Deaths to Mar. 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dense Population. High Level. Wealthy. | St. James | FEET 58 | 164 | 36,406 | £ | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||||||||
| 12 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 222 | 206 | 84.0 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 182 | ... | ... | 52 | |||||
| Sparse Population. High Level. Medium Circumstances. | Hampstead | 350 | 2252 | 11,986 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 178 | 9.5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 67 | ... | ... | 24 |
| Dense Population. High Level. Medium Circumstances. | St. Giles | 68 | 245 | 54,214 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 221 | 252 | 37.0 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 393 | ... | ... | 80 |
| Sparse Population. Low Level. Poor. | Camberwell | 4 | 4342 | 54,667 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 231 | 94.0 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 335 | ... | ... | 228 |
| St. George's, Southwark,— | m. | f. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dense Population. Low Level. Poor. | Kent-rd. District | 1 | 105 | 18,126 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 173 | 252 | 132.5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ... | 102 | 86 | ... | ||
| Borough-rd. „ | 2 | 65 | 15,862 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 244 | 347 | 13 | 1 | 1 | ... | 88 | 85 | ... | ||||
| London-rd. „ | 0 | 112 | 17,836 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 159 | 250 | 12 | 5 | 2 | ... | 100 | 71 | ... | ||||
| 290 | 242 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 282 | 51,824 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 184 | 281 | ... | 32 | 8 | 3 | 331 | 532 | 196 | ||
| „ | Newington | 1 | 624 | 64,186 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 104 | 247 | 122.5 | 68 | 10 | 2 | 467 | ... | ... | 204 |
| „ | Bermondsey | 0 | 688 | 48,128 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 70 | 268 | 159.5 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 318 | ... | ... | 255 |
| Dense Population. Medium Height. Very Poor. | Betlnal Green | 38 | 760 | 90,193 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 119 | 242 | 550 | 88 | 20 | 8 | 593 | ... | ... | 421 |
| All London. | ... | ... | 2,480,347 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |