[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]

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TABLE 1.— Quarterly Mortality.

	1856	1857	1858	Average Mortality of the Quarters from 1845 to 1854

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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 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. 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 April 3, 1858, 13 weeks
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. Persons to an Acre	Average Annual Mortality in 10,000, 1841 to 1850		Deaths to 1000 Living 1841—50	Zymotic Mortality Six Diseases	Fever	Diarrhoea	Total Mortality	Births		Excess of Births over Deaths to Mar. 31

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TABLE 3.— Mortality and Meteorology.

Week	DEATHS, from local weekly returns						Barometer corrected Mean	Thermometer (Averages)		Dew Point. Mean.	Wind	Rain in inches
	Total Zymotic Disease	Diarrhœa	Chest Diseases		Total Mortality	Average of the weeks for 10 years		of Highest	of Lowest
	Total Zymotic Disease	Diarrhœa	Phthisis	All other	Total Mortality	Average of the weeks for 10 years		of Highest	of Lowest

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

DISEASES		District Mortality					NEW CASES OF SICKNESS DURING TIIE QUARTER
		Estimated present Population, 55,000					Out and In-door Poor				INSTITUTIONS
		Kent Road 105 Acres Ppn. 1851. 18,116	London Road, 112 Acres Ppn. 1851, 17,830	Boro' Road, 65 Acres. Ppn. 1851, 15,862	Workhouse. Average Inmates, 493		Kent Road, Mr. Babbage	London Road, Mr. Waltem	Boro' Road, Mr. Llewellyn	Workhouse, Mr. Brown	Royal South London Dispensary	Bethienem Hospital, &c. Av. Inmts. 425 15 Acres	House of Occupations, Av. Inmts. 192	Queen's Bench Prison	School for Indigent. Blind Acres. 3.3.10 Av Inmntes.. 175	Asylum lor Deaf & Dumb	4 Acres Av. Inmts. 340	Magdaien Hospital 3½ Acres Av. Inmts 130	Brit'.sh Schools, Boro' Road,	½ Acre, Av. Inmts. 84	Yorkshne sehls Wcstminster Rd.	3/8 Acre, Av. Inmts. 38	Sickness Total

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TABLE 5.— Cases of Sickness among the Poor.

Weeks	OUT - DOOR									WORKHOUSE
	Kent Road, Mr. Babbage			London Road, Mr. Wakem			Borough Road, Mr. Llewellyn			Mr. Brown
	Old Cases	New Cases	Total	Old Cases	New Cases	Total	Old Cases	New Cases	Total	Old Cases	New Cases	Total

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TABLE 6.— DEATHS Registered in St. George's, Southwark, during the Quarter ending April 3rd, 1858. (13 Weeks.)

Corresponding Weeks last Year	CAUSES OF DEATH	ALL AGES			AGES
Corresponding Weeks last Year	CAUSES OF DEATH	M.	F.	T.	Under 1	1.-	2.—	3—	4.-	All under 5	5 to 10	10.—	15.—	All under 20	20.—	40.—	60.—	80 and upwds

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TABLE 7.— Sanitary Inspections during the Quarter ending March 25, 1858.

	Cases		Number of Houses or Places visited			Number of Visits of Medical Officer and Inspector	Premises unclean, or dilapidated within	Overcrowded	Unfit for habitation		Insufficient Ventilation			Water		Water receptacle, none, bad, or without cover	Drainage		Cesspool		Water Closet defective, or without Water		Yard badly paved		Cellar badly paved	• Refuse accumulated	Dustbin, none or imperfect	Nuisances from animals badly kept	Slaughter-houses, Manufactories in unwholesome state		Burial Vaults requiring improvement
														Deficient	No supply		Drainage		Cesspool
														Deficient	No supply		Without	Defective	Cleansed	Abolished

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New Flag Paving	Flag Paving re-laid	New Curb	Curb dressed and re-set	Curb re-set

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TABLE 1.— Mortality, &c., compared with other Parishes.

Conditions of Locality	Parish	Height above Trinity High Water Mark	Area in Acres	Population, 1851 (In small figures calculated to June 1857)	Each Person represents Annual Value			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	53 Weeks ending January 2nd, 1858.
Conditions of Locality	Parish	Height above Trinity High Water Mark	Area in Acres	Population, 1851 (In small figures calculated to June 1857)	Each Person represents Annual Value			Density. Persons to an Acre	Average Annual Mortality in 10,000, 1841 to 1850		Total Zymotic Mortality	Fever	Diarrhoea	Total Mortality	Deaths to 1000 Living 1841—50	Deaths now to 1000 Living	Births to 1000 Living	Excess of Births over Deaths to Dec. 31

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TABLE 2— Mortality in Districts.

DISEASES.		Kent Road, 105 Acres.	London Road, 112 Acres.	Borough Road, 65 Acres.
		Popn. 19,368.	Popn. 19,059.	Popn. 16,949.

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TABLE 3.—DEATHS Registered in St. George's, Southwark, during the Year ending January 2nd, 1858. (53 Weeks.)

Deaths to 1000 living		CAUSES OF DEATH	ALLAGES			AGES
Deaths to 1000 living			M.	F.	T.	Under I	1.—	2.—	3 —	4.—	All under 5	5 to 10	10.—	15 —	All under 20	20.—	40.—	60.—	80 and upwds.
All London	St. George's Southwark		M.	F.	T.	Under I	1.—	2.—	3 —	4.—	All under 5	5 to 10	10.—	15 —	All under 20	20.—	40.—	60.—	80 and upwds.

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Supplement and Report to complete Annual Report , 1857.

Deaths to 1000 llving		CAUSES OF DEATH	ALL AGES			AGES
All London	St. George's, Southwark	CAUSES OF DEATH	M.	F.	T.	Under 1	1-	2.—	3.—	4.—	All under 5	5 to 10	10.—	15.—	All under 20.	20.—	40.—	60.—	80 and upwds.

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TABLE 4.—LOCALITIES OF DISEASE, as shewn in Deaths Registered. Those Streets, &c., only omitted which show but one Death.

NAMES OF PLACES	Aged over 50	Aged under 5	Diarrhœa	Cholera	Fever	All other Zymotic Diseases	Phthisis	All other Lung Diseases	Tabes, Hydrocephalus, Scrofula, Spasmodic Croup, Convulsions of Infants, Dentition	All other Diseases	Total Deaths

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Supplement and Tables to complete Annual Report , 1857. 9 TABLE 4.— continued.

NAMES OF PLACES	Aged over 50	Aged under 5	Diarrhoea	Cholera	Fever	All other Zymotic Diseases	Phthisis	All other Lung Diseases	Tabes, Hydrocephalus. Seroula, Spasmodic Croup, Convulsions of Infants, Dentition	All other Diseases	Total Deaths

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TABLE 4.— continued.

NAMES OF PLACES	Aged over 50	Aged under 5	Diarrhoea	Cholera	Fever	All other Zymotic Diseases	Phthisis	All other Lung Diseases	Tabes, Hydrocephalus, Scrofula, Spasmodic Croup, Convulsions of ??? fants, Dentition	All other Diseases	Total Deaths

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TABLE 5.— Sanitary Inspections during the Year ending December 31, 1857.

	Cases	Number of Houses or Places visited	Number of Visits of Medical Officer and Inspector	Premises unclean, or dilapidated within	Overcrowded	Unfit for habitation	Insufficient Ventilation	Water		Water receptacle, none, bad, or without cover	Bad Drainage	Foul Cesspool	Water Closet defective, or without Water	Insufficient Privy accommodation	Yard badly paved	Refuse accumulated in excess	Dustbin, none or imperfect	Nuisances from animals badly kept	Slaughter-houses, Manufactories in unwholesome state	Burial Vaults requiring improvement
	Cases	Number of Houses or Places visited	Number of Visits of Medical Officer and Inspector	Premises unclean, or dilapidated within	Overcrowded	Unfit for habitation	Insufficient Ventilation	Deficient	No supply	Water receptacle, none, bad, or without cover	Bad Drainage	Foul Cesspool	Water Closet defective, or without Water	Insufficient Privy accommodation	Yard badly paved	Refuse accumulated in excess	Dustbin, none or imperfect	Nuisances from animals badly kept	Slaughter-houses, Manufactories in unwholesome state	Burial Vaults requiring improvement

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ACCOUNT IN ABSTRACT, SHOWING THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE, For the Year ending 25th March, 1858, Under the "Metropolis Local Management Act," 1855.

CASH BALANCE at the commencement of the Year						RECEIPTS DURING THE YEAR															PAYMENTS DURING THE YEAR																		CASH BALANCE on the 25th March, 1858
CASH BALANCE at the commencement of the Year						Rates, &c.			Contributions, &c.			Loans, &c.			Incidentals			Totals			Assessments by Metropolitan Board			Works			Establishment			Loans, &c.			Contingencies			Total			CASH BALANCE on the 25th March, 1858
In Credit			In Debt			Rates, &c.			Contributions, &c.			Loans, &c.			Incidentals			Totals			Assessments by Metropolitan Board			Works			Establishment			Loans, &c.			Contingencies			Total			In Credit			In Debt
£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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THE VESTRY OF SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL WORKS AND SUPPLY OF MATERIALS. Subsisting at the Commencement of, or entered into, during the Year ending 25th March, 1858.

RATE, &c..	Date of Contract	Name of Party with whom Contract was made	Nature of Works to be performed, and Materials to be supplied.	Observations

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THE VESTRY OF SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS Executed under Contracts, Agreements, &c., for Special and General Works, Year ending 25th March, 1858.

CONSTRUCTION																		Repairs and Alterations to Sewers, Gullies, &c.			Cleansing, including Flushing, Casting, Lifting, Cartage and Repairs caused thereby			Incidental Works			improvement Works			TOTAL COST
BRICK SEWERS		COST			PIPE SEWERS		COST			Openings to Sewers					COST
					PIPE SEWERS					bide Entrances	Air & Flushing Shafts	Gullies	Drain Mouths	Flaps
					IRON OK STONE. WARE
Size					Size
Feet	Feet	£	s.	d.	Feet	Feet	£	s.	d.						£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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THE VESTRY OF SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS Executed under Contracts, Agreements, &c., for Special and General Works, Year ending 25th March, 1858.

GENERAL RATE	Paving Footway and Carriageway			Lighting			Watering			Cleansing			Improving and Repairs			Removing Nuisances			Removing Dust			Materials			Cartage			Incidentals			Total
AMOUNT PAID DURING THE YEAR, FOR-	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	5.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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THE VESTRY OF SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. ACCOUNT OF MONEYS Owing to, and Debts owing by, the Vestry of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark, on the 25th March, 1858.

RATE, &c.	MONEYS OWING TO THE VESTRY															DEBTS AND LIABILITIES OWING BY THE VESTRY
RATE, &c.	Cash Balance			Uncollected Rates, &c.			Contributions to be Received			Probable Excess on Former Precepts			Total			Cash Balance			Assessment by Metropolitan Board			Loans, &c.			Estimated value of Compensation Annuities granted			Special Contracts outstanding			Tradesmen's Bills and other Obligating not under Special Contracts			Total
GENERAL PURPOSES	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s,	d.	£	s	d.	£	s.	d.

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22 tables in this report

TABLE 1.— Quarterly Mortality.

TABLE 2.— Mortality, &amp;c., compared with other Parishes.

TABLE 3.— Mortality and Meteorology.

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

TABLE 5.— Cases of Sickness among the Poor.

TABLE 6.— DEATHS Registered in St. George's, Southwark, during the Quarter ending April 3rd, 1858. (13 Weeks.)

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TABLE 7.— Sanitary Inspections during the Quarter ending March 25, 1858.

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TABLE 1.— Mortality, &amp;c., compared with other Parishes.

TABLE 2— Mortality in Districts.

TABLE 3.—DEATHS Registered in St. George's, Southwark, during the Year ending January 2nd, 1858. (53 Weeks.)

Supplement and Report to complete Annual Report , 1857.

TABLE 4.—LOCALITIES OF DISEASE, as shewn in Deaths Registered. Those Streets, &amp;c., only omitted which show but one Death.

Supplement and Tables to complete Annual Report , 1857. 9 TABLE 4.— continued.

TABLE 4.— continued.

TABLE 5.— Sanitary Inspections during the Year ending December 31, 1857.

ACCOUNT IN ABSTRACT, SHOWING THE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE, For the Year ending 25th March, 1858, Under the "Metropolis Local Management Act," 1855.

THE VESTRY OF SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL WORKS AND SUPPLY OF MATERIALS. Subsisting at the Commencement of, or entered into, during the Year ending 25th March, 1858.

THE VESTRY OF SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS Executed under Contracts, Agreements, &amp;c., for Special and General Works, Year ending 25th March, 1858.

THE VESTRY OF SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS Executed under Contracts, Agreements, &amp;c., for Special and General Works, Year ending 25th March, 1858.

THE VESTRY OF SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. ACCOUNT OF MONEYS Owing to, and Debts owing by, the Vestry of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark, on the 25th March, 1858.

TABLE 2.— Mortality, &c., compared with other Parishes.

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

TABLE 1.— Mortality, &c., compared with other Parishes.

TABLE 4.—LOCALITIES OF DISEASE, as shewn in Deaths Registered. Those Streets, &c., only omitted which show but one Death.

THE VESTRY OF SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS Executed under Contracts, Agreements, &c., for Special and General Works, Year ending 25th March, 1858.

THE VESTRY OF SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS Executed under Contracts, Agreements, &c., for Special and General Works, Year ending 25th March, 1858.