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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, Southieark.
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 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 331 | All Causes | 179 | 159 | 338 | 91 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 164 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 183 | 49 | 40 | 47 | 19 |
| 39 | I. Zymotic | 32 | 24 | 56 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| 17 | II. Dropsy, &c | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 1 | -- | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | - |
| 63 | III. Tubercular | 42 | 29 | 71 | 14 | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | 28 | 2 | - | 3 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 2 | - |
| 36 | IV. Brain and Nerves | 23 | 20 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 20 | 6 | 4 | 13 | - |
| 10 | V. Heart, &c | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 102 | VI. Lungs, &c. | 46 | 39 | 85 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 1 | - | 1 | 43 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 3 |
| 19 | VII. Digestive Organs | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | - | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 1 | VIII. Kidneys, &c. | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| 2 | IX. Childbirth, &c. | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 2 | X. Joints, &c. | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 1 | XI. Skin, &c. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| XII. Malformation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 10 | XIII. Prem. Birth & Debility | 9 | 4 | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| XIV. Atrophy | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| 11 | XV. Old age | 6 | 19 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 15 |
| XVI Sudden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 | XVII. Violence, Privation, &c. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | XVIII. Not specified | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| I. Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | Measles | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Scarlatina | 4 | 4 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Hooping Cough | 13 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Croup | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Thrush | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2 | Diarrhœa | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Influenza | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Scurvy and Purpura | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | Remittent Fever | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Infantile „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8 | Typhus „ | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Puerperal „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2 | Rheumatic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pyaemia | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Syphilis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Noma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dyptheria. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Hydrophobia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | II. Hœmorrhage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Dropsy | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| 3 | Abscess | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ulcers | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Fistula | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mortification | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4 | Cancer | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Gout | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| III. Scrophula | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 17 | Tabes Mesenterica | 9 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| 39 | Phthisis | 26 | 17 | 43 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 26 | 10 | 2 | - |
| Spasmodic Croup | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
| 7 | Hydrocephalus | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | IV. Cephalitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Apoplexy | 4 | 5 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | - |
| 7 | Paralysis | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - |
| Delirium Tremens | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |||
| Chorea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 | Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Tetanus | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| I | Insanity | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 15 | Convulsions | 9 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | 15 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 4 | Disease of Brain, &c. | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - |