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St George (Southwark) 1859

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the second Quarter. 1858. 7

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

DISEASES.DISTRICT MORTALITY.NEW CASES OF SICKNESS DURING THE QUARTER.
Estimated present Population, 55,376.Out & In door PoorINSTITUTIONS.
Kent Road 105 Acres Ppn.1851, 18,126London Road, 112 Acres Ppn. 1851, 17,836Boro' Road, 65 Acres Ppn.1851, 15,862Work-house. Average Inmates, 438Kent Road,Mr. BabbageLondon Road, Mr. WakemBoro Road,| Mr. LlewellynWorkhouse, Mr. BrownRoyal South London DispensaryBethlehem Hospital, &c. Av. limits 456 15 AcresHouse of Occupations, Av. Inmts.208Queen's Bench PrisonSchool for Indigent Blind, Acres 3.3.10 At. ltimnteg 175Asylum for Deaf and Dumb 4 Acres At. Inmates 340Magdalen Hospital 3½ Acres At. Inmates 100British Schools, Boro' Road, ½ Acre, At. Inmates 84Yorkshire Schls. Westminster Rd, Acre . At. Inmates,33Sickness Total
Small Pox1......Included in the Boro' Road District.8........... .............8
Chicken Pox..... ...3..1............1......5
Measles1348..443131..27........15......148
Scarlatina, Malignant Sore Throat323..5102. .28................45
Hooping Cough1356..735. .28................43
Diarrhœa223..15124124813. .......3....134
Dysentery................4................4
Cholera1..................................
Fever13....321331221..............81
Ague..........1....18................19
Rheumatic Fever................54..............9
Rheumatism1......641213............1....36
Erysipelas....1..228....1....1....No serious Illness.....9
Pyæmia..1................................
Puerperal Fever................................Quite healthy....
Carbuncle................3..........1....4
Chronic Lung Diseases, (except Phthisis)........35423........Very healthy..2........64
Phthisis138141715163........11......43
Acute Lung DiseasesBronchitis & Catarrh7610324354494314........2....171
Pleurisy..1......1....7................8
Pneumonia3791183..22....... .........34
Croup.23......2..1....... .........3
Hydrocephalus, Tabes, Scrophula, Spas-modic Croup, Convulsions of Infants11192052494....4....2......25
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic2020341620018922678805......1..8....1507
Violence, Privation, Poison & Premature Birth1672910123... ...............34
Sudden Deaths....................................
Mental Disease..1....14117..68..............91
Dyptheria1..........1..1................2
Sore Throat..................4........4....8
TOTAL91871182840134646313110421054..51919....2535