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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4 Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
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TABLE 2.—
Conditions of Locality | Parish | Height above Trinity High Water Mark | Area in Acres | Population, 1851 | Each Person represents Annual Value Reg. General's Report | Each Person pays to Relief of Poor Pop. 1851, rates 1856 | Same Rate as St. Geo.'s Southwark, each should pay | Density. 1 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 | Deaths to 1000 Living ' 1841-50 | The Quarter ending January 2, 1858, 14 weeks | ||||||||||
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Zymotic Mortality Six Diseases | Fever | Diarrhoea | Total Mortality | Births | Excess of Births over Deaths to Dec. 31 | |||||||||||||||||
1. | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dense Population. | St. James | *58 | 164 | 36,406 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 222 | 206 | 840 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 199 | ... | 67 | |
HiGH Level | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wealthy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sparse Population, | Hampstead | 2252 | 11,986 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 178 | 9-5 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 84 | ... | 35 | ||
High Level. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium Circumstances. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dense Population. | St. Giles | 68 | 245 | 54,214 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 221 | 252 | 370 | 27 | 64 | 16 | 10 | 410 | ... | 76 | |
High Level. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium Circumstances. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sparse Population. | Camberwell | 4 | 4342 | 54,667 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 231 | 940 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 341 | ... | 192 | |
Low Level. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Poor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
St. George's, Southwark,— | M. | p. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dense Population. | Kent-rd. District | 1 | 105 | 18,126 | ... | ... | ... | 173 | 252 | 1325 | 13 | 4 | 3 | ... | 82 | 88 | ... | |||||
Low Level. | Borough-rd. „ | 2 | 65 | 15,862 | .. . | ... | 244 | 347 | ... | 19 | 3 | 8 | ... | 91 | 86 | ... | ||||||
Poor. | London-rd. „ | 0 | 112 | 17,836 | ... | ... | 159 | 250 | ... | 9 | 2 | 1 | ... | 78 | 76 | ... | ||||||
Total | 0 | 282 | 51,824 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 184 | 281 | ... | 30 | 41 | 9 | 12 | 343 | 251 | 250 | 149 | |
501 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Newington | 1 | 624 | 64,186 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 104 | 247 | 122.5 | 26 | 41 | 13 | 9 | 465 | ... | 245 | ||
Bermondsey | 0 | 688 | 48,128 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 70 | 268 | 159.5 | 28 | 53 | 7 | 16 | 330 | ... | 264 | ||
Dense Population. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium Height. | Bethnal Green | 38 | 760 | 90,193 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 119 | 242 | 55.0 | 26 | 147 | 35 | 23 | 638 | ... | 376 | |
Very Poor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All London | ... | ... | 2,480,347 | 5 | 16 | l | 6 | 4 | 13 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |