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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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8 Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.

TABLE 6.—DEATHS Registered in St. George's, Southwark, during the Quarter ending

October 2nd, 1858. (13 Weeks.)

Corresponding Weeks last YearCAUSES OF DEATHALL AGESAGES
M.F.T.Under 11.—23. —4.—All under 5510. —15.—All under 2020. —40. —60 —80 and upwds.
276All Causes17219736910460252313225141072564030358
95I. Zymotic69871564441161610127872144426..
13II. Dropsy. %c.235....................113..
68III. Tubercular4229711410532342..3392291..
28IV. Brain and Nerves14193315111..1821122542..
5V. Heart, &c.459....................243..
21VI. Lungs. &c6162274..3..1411..161221
16VII. Digestive Organs12820342..1101....11144..
VIII. Kidneys, &c.314....................112..
2IX. Childbirth, &c..33................112......
X. Joints. Bones, &c..................................
XI. Skin, &c..................................
XII. Malformation..111........1......1........
3XIII. Prem Birth and Debility4l55........5......5........
XIV. Atrophy4599........9......9........
11XV. Old Age61117........................107
XVI. Sudden1231........1......1..11..
12XVII. Violence, Privation, &c4485..1....6..1..7....1..
2XVIII. Not specified123....................12....
1. Small Pox..221........1..1..2........
2Measles14173191064..292....31........
3Scarlatina151429..45672251..28..1....
12Hooping Cough1131454..3214......14........
1Croup2..211......2......2........
ThrushI1211......2......2........
56Diarrhœa262349231622144..1..45..13..
Dysentery123............1....1....2..
3Cholera12312......3......3........
Influenza..................................
Scurvy and Purpura..................................
1Ague..................................
Remittent Fever..................................
1Infantile ,,2132..1....3......3........
15Typhus ,,6612..311..5..2292..1..
Puerperal ,,..................................
Rheumatic ,,..11..............1..1........
1Erysipelas..11....................1......
Pyæmia..................................
Syphilis..221........1......11......
Noma..................................
Dyptheria..22....1....1..1..2........
Hydrophobia..................................
2II. Hoemorrhage..................................
4Dropsy134....................112..
2Abscess..1........................1..
Ulcers..................................
Fistula..................................
Mortification..................................
5Cancer..................................
Gout..................................
III. Scrophula2131........11..13........
22Tabes Mesenterica1782512921..241....25........
39phthisis19183/..12....3....2522911..
1Spasmodic Croup.................................
6Hydrocephalus4261..1226......6........
1IV. Cephalitis..33....1....11..13........
3Apoplexy2..2....................11....
4paralysis213....................1..2..
Delirium Tremens..................................
Chorea..................................
1Epilepsy1..1......................1....
Tetanus..................................
2Insanity..33....................21....
16Convulsions61117151......161....17........
1Disease of Brain, &c.314......1..1..1....211......