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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) 1858
[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 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 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22.20 | All Causes | 626 | 623 | 1249 | 344 | 129 | 84 | 30 | 20 | 607 | 35 | 9 | 16 | 152 | 189 | 201 | 40 | ||
| 4.90 | 4..51 | I Zymotic | 135 | 135 | 91 | 37 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 185 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 207 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 4 | |
| .94 | .90 | II. Dropsy, &c. | 31 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 9 | 1 7 | 14 | 3 | |
| 3.82 | 4.71 | III Tubercular | 144 | 117 | 261 | 53 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 114 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 128 | 63 | 13 | - | |
| 2.33 | 2.88 | IV. Brain and Nerves | 76 | 84 | 160 | 60 | 1 1 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 3 | - | 3 | 84 | 15 | 20 | 34 | 7 | |
| .88 | .61 | V Heart, &c. | 17 | 17 | 34 | _ | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 4.08 | 4.78 | VI. Lungs, &c. | 149 | 116 | 265 | 61 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 126 | 4 | 1 | 133 | 45 | 59 | 6 | ||
| 1.27 | 1.04 | VII. Digestive Organs | 29 | 29 | 58 | 15 | 11 | - | 3 | - | 29 | 2 | 1 | - | 32 | 10 | 8 | 8 | - |
| VIII. Kidneys, &c. | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |||
| IX. Childbirth,&c. | - | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | |||
| X. Joints, &c. | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | ||
| XI. Skin, &c. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| XII. Malformation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| .61 | .57 | XIII. Prem. Birth & Debility | 18 | 14 | 32 | 31 | 1 | - | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| XIV. Atrophy | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | |||
| .88 | .95 | XV. Old Age | 21 | 32 | 53 | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 33 | 17 |
| XVI. Sudden | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | ||
| .94 | .81 | XVII. Violence. Privation, &c. | 20 | 25 | 20 | 3 | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | 25 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| XVIII. Not specified | 9 | 5 | 14 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | - | |||
| I. Small Pox | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Measles | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | _ | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Scarlatina | 8 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 5 | - | - | 2l | - | - | - | - | ||
| .96 | 1.15 | Hooping Cough | 26 | 38 | 64 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 5 | - | - | 64 | - | - | - | - |
| Croup | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Thrush | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.17 | 1.42 | Diarrhœa | 44 | 35 | 79 | 51 | 12 | 6 | - | - | 69 | - | - | - | 69 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| C holera | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Influenza | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Scurvy and Purpura | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Ague | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Remittent Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | |||||
| Infantile „ | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| .80 | .70 | Typhus „ | 18 | 21 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 1 | 4 | 6 | - | |
| Puerperal „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Rheumatic „ | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pyæmia | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Syphilis | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Noma | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Dyptheria | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Hydrophobia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| II. Hœmorrhage | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | ||
| Dropsy | 8 | 15 | 23 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Abscess | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Ulcers | - | 1 | ??? | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Fistula | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Mortitication | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cancer | 4 | 10 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Gout | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| III. Scrophula. | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| .33 | 1.19 | Tabes Mesenterica | 31 | 35 | 66 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 2 | - | - | 66 | - | - | - | - |
| 2,78 | 2.99 | Phthisis | 93 | 73 | 166 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 63 | 57 | 13 | - |
| Spasmodic Croup | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Hydrocephalus | 18 | 9 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 2 | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | ||
| IV. Cephalitis | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | ||
| Apoplexy | 11 | 17 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Paralysis | 9 | 12 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 11 | |||
| Delirium Tremens | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Chorea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Epilepsy | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | ||
| Tetanus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Insanity | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | ||
| .71 | 1.24 | Convulsion | 38 | 31 | 69 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 1 | - | - | 69 | - | - | - | - |
| Disease of Brain, &c. | 9 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||