Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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.—
DISEASES. | DISTRICT MORTALITY. | NEW CASES OF SICKNESS DURING THE QUARTER. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Estimated present Population, 55,376. | Out & In door Poor | INSTITUTIONS. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kent Road 105 Acres Ppn.1851, 18,126 | London Road, 112 Acres Ppn. 1851, 17,836 | Boro' Road, 65 Acres Ppn.1851, 15,862 | Work-house. Average Inmates, 438 | Kent Road,Mr. Babbage | London Road, Mr. Wakem | Boro Road,| Mr. Llewellyn | Workhouse, Mr. Brown | Royal South London Dispensary | Bethlehem Hospital, &c. Av. limits 456 15 Acres | House of Occupations, Av. Inmts.208 | Queen's Bench Prison | School for Indigent Blind, Acres 3.3.10 At. ltimnteg 175 | Asylum for Deaf and Dumb 4 Acres At. Inmates 340 | Magdalen Hospital 3½ Acres At. Inmates 100 | British Schools, Boro' Road, ½ Acre, At. Inmates 84 | Yorkshire Schls. Westminster Rd, Acre . At. Inmates,33 | Sickness Total | ||||||
Small Pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | Included in the Boro' Road District. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||||
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | . . | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||||
Measles | 13 | 4 | 8 | .. | 44 | 31 | 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 148 | ||||||
Scarlatina, Malignant Sore Throat | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 | 10 | 2 | . . | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 45 | |||||
Hooping Cough | 13 | 5 | 6 | .. | 7 | 3 | 5 | . . | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | |||||
Diarrhœa | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 15 | 12 | 41 | 2 | 48 | 13 | . . | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 134 | |||||
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||||
Cholera | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Fever | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 32 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 81 | |||||
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | |||||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |||||
Rheumatism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 36 | |||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | No serious Illness. | .. | .. | 9 | ||||
Pyæmia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Quite healthy | .. | .. | ||||
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |||||
Chronic Lung Diseases, (except Phthisis) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 35 | 4 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | Very healthy | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 64 | ||||
Phthisis | 13 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 43 | |||||
Acute Lung Diseases | Bronchitis & Catarrh | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 35 | 44 | 9 | 43 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 171 | ||||
Pleurisy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |||||
Pneumonia | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | .. | 22 | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 | |||||
Croup | . | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||||
Hydrocephalus, Tabes, Scrophula, Spas-modic Croup, Convulsions of Infants | 11 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 25 | |||||
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 20 | 20 | 34 | 16 | 200 | 189 | 226 | 78 | 805 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 1507 | |||||
Violence, Privation, Poison & Premature Birth | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 | |||||
Sudden Deaths | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Mental Disease | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | .. | 68 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 91 | |||||
Dyptheria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||
Sore Throat | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 8 | |||||
TOTAL | 91 | 87 | 118 | 28 | 401 | 346 | 46 | 3131 | 1042 | 105 | 4 | .. | 5 | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | 2535 |