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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 4.—Mortality, classified according to Diseases, &c. POPULATION, 1851—51,824.
| Diseases | Districts | Sex | Ages | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Road, 105 acres | Boro' Rd. 65 acres. (including Workhouse deaths) | London Road, 112 acres | Males | Females | Total | Under 1 year | From I to 5 years | From 5 lo 10 years | Total under 10 years | From 10 to 20 years | From 20 to 30 years | from 30 to 40 years | From 40 to 50 years | From 50 to 60 years | From 60 to 70 years | Over 70 years of age | ||
| Population, 1851 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18,126 | 15,862 | 17.836 | ||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Measles | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scarlatina | l | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Malignant Sore Throat | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hooping Cough | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Fever | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ... | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Rheumatic Fever | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Erysipelas | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | |
| Pyaemia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Carbuncle and Boils | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chronic Lung Diseases, except Phthisis | ... | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | l | |
| Phthisis | 14 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 6 | ... | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | ... | |
| Acute Lung Diseases, | Bronchitis | 16 | 27 | 20 | 37 | 26 | 63 | 9 | 8 | ... | 17 | ... | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 2 |
| Pleurisy | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 11 | 15 | ... | 26 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ||
| Croup | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Hydrocephalus, Tabes, Scrofula, Spasmodic Croup, and Convulsions of Infants | 17 | 19 | 16 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 52 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 16 | 33 | 24 | 28 | 45 | 73 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 19 | |
| Violence, Privation, Poison, and Premature Birth | 10 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 17 | ... | ... | 17 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | |
| Sudden Deaths | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Total | 97 | 136 | 98 | 166 | 165 | 331 | 85 | 70 | 3 | 158 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 31 | 23 | 37 | 34 | |