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

Report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the third Quarter,1858.

Conditions of LocalityParishHeight above Trinity! High Water Mark jArea in AcresPopulation 1851 In small figures, calculated to June 1857)Each Person represents Annual Value Reg. General's ReportEach Person pays to Relief Poor Pop. 1851, rates 1856Same Rate as St.Geo's,Southwark, each should payDensity. Persons to an AcreMortality from Cholera, to every 10,000 Inhabitants, Mean of 1840& 1854Deaths to 1000 Living 1841—50The Quarter ending Oct. 2, 1858, 13 weeks
Zymotic Mortality Six DiseasesFeverDiarrhoeaTotal MoitalityBirthsExcess of Births over Deaths to Sept. 30
1284567891011121314151617
Dense Population. Hisrh Level. Wealthy.St. Jamesfeet16436,406fs.d.sd.d22284 .02227211126..80
5812134103300
36,406
Sparse Population. High Level. Medium Circumstances,Hampstead350225211,98651608313959.518132572..38
13,048
Dense Population. High Level. Medium Circumstances.St. Giles6824554,21451285913422137.027771120286..133
54,214
Sparse Population . Low Level. Poor.Camberwell4434254,667 62,0214405910513|94.024| 105719356...143
St George's, Southwark,—|M.f.
Dense PopulutionKent-rd. District110518,126......178132.5..59813..6076
Low Level.Borough-rd. „26515,862......244..50224..7856
Poor.London-rd. „011217,836......159..34512..7361, .
211206
Total028251,824364710710184..30143154936941755
Newington162455,3 76315081810104122.51421135428..231
64,816 71,164
Bermondsey068848,128309547170159.528134123831..168
Dense Population.Fethnal Green3876054,62811003103611955.0262092869603..300
Medium Height.90,193
Very Poor.98,791
All London..2,362,236 2,667,917516164139....254163495139114305....