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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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6 Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.

Table: TABLE 4.— Mortality and Sickness in Districts, &c.

TABLE 4.— Mortality and Sickness in Districts, &c.

DISEASESDistrict MortalityNEW CASES OF SICKNESS DURING THE QUARTER
Estimated present Population, 55,000Out and In-door PoorINSTITUTIONS
Kent Road 105 Acres.London Road, 112 AcresBoro' Road, 65 Acres.Workhouse.Kent Road, Mr. BabbageLondon Road, Mr. Wakernj Boro' Rond, Mr. LlewellynWorkhouse, Mr. BrownRoyal South London DispensaryBethlehem Hospital, &c. A v. Inmts. 337 la AcresHouse of Occupations, Av. Inmts. 192Queen's Bench PrisonSchool for Indigent Blind Acres, 3.3.10 Av Inmate*. 17^Asylum tor Deaf Ac Dumb 4 Acres Av. lnm*P. 340Jtlagrialen Hospital 3£ Acres Av. Inmts 130British Schools,| Acre, Av. Inmts. 84Yorkshiie Schls Westminster Rd.f Acre, Av. Inmts. 38Sickness Total
Ppn. 1851, 18,126Ppn. 1851, 17,836Ppn. 1851, 15,862Average Inmates, 475
-1--Included in the Boro' Road District-1-2-------No serious Illness. Slight tendency to Diarrhoea and Boils-Two Deaths reported in Forty Years--3
Chicken Pox-----1----------
Measles----32---------5
Scarlatina, Malignant Sore Throat.4a--84-30------42
Hooping cough613-1082-21-------41
Diarrhoea3183331940327
Dysentery1------2
Cholera--------—------—-
Fever4231415353-1--
Ague10
Rheumatic Fever--• --1-10----11
Rheumatism-12114181716----1--66
Erysipelas--1--54-------9
Pyaemia—------------
Puerperal Fever--------------
Carbuncle--------3-------3
Chronic Lung Diseases, (except Phthisis)342-518441---2----106
Phthisis131817491485-1-111--40
Bronchitis16122059052109197322-627-398
Acute Lung DiseasesJ Pleurisy--1-2---3------5
Pneumonia15138-9192-24-------54
Group12
Hydrocephalus, Tabes, Scrophula,
Spasmodic Croup, Convulsions of Infants221413122515--"2----•"44
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic212535182082323166074827124121616
Violence, Privation, Poison, and ^ Premature Birth468433-1--7
sudden Deaths1—11-------
Mental Disease-2--22-11-63------78
Deptheritis1—-1-~-~------1
TOTAL109105129345054035971299501133-11G45-02762