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 Fourth 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 | Workhouse. Average Inmates, 454 | Kent Road, Mr. Babbage | London Road, Mr. Wakem | Boro' Road, Mr. Llewellyn | Workhouse, Mr. Brown | Royal South London Dispensary | Bethlehem Hospital, &c. At. Inmts. 456 15 Acres | House of Occupations, Av Inmts. 208 | Queen's Bench Prison | School for Indigent Blind, Acres 3.3.10 Av. Inmates 176 | Asylum for Deaf and Dumb 4 Acres At. Inmates 340 | Magdalen Hospital 3½ Acres At. Inmates 100 | British School, Boro' Road, ½ Acre, At. Inmates 250 | Yorkshire Schls. Westminster Rd. 3/8 Acre, At. Inmates, 33 | Sickness Total | |||
Mumps | .. | 2 | .. | .. | Included in the Boro' Road District. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Small Pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
Chioken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Measles | 4 | 7 | 1 | .. | 4 | 9 | .. | .. | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | ||
Scarlatina, Malignant Sore Throat | 22 | 10 | 7 | .. | 16 | 13 | 6 | .. | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 63 | ||
Hooping Cough | 1 | 5 | 7 | .. | 3 | 12 | 10 | .. | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | ||
Diarrhœa | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 58 | ||
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | ||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Fever | 1 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | 69 | 25 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 120 | ||
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | No returns ; | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | ||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | . . | 11 | 6 | 6 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 37 | |||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 22 | |||
Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | |||
Chronie Lung Diseases, (exoept Phthisis) | l | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | 6 | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | ||
Phthisis | 9 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 53 | ||
Acute Lung Diseases | Bronchitis & Catarrh | 22 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 118 | 37 | 112 | 36 | 63 | 19 | .. | .. | 3 | l | .. | 1 | .. | 35 | |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Pneumonia........ | 15 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 9 | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 73 | ||
Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Hydrocephalus, Tabes, Scrophula, Spas-modic Croup, Convulsions of Infants | 22 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | ||
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic | 14 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 178 | 227 | 265 | 79 | 728 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1501 | ||
Violence, Privation, Poison & remature Birth | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | ||
Sudden Deaths | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Mental Disease | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 10 | .. | 53 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 67 | ||
Dyptheria | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Sore Throat | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | l | .. | 8 | ||
TOTAL | 123 | 117 | 135 | 35 | 442 | 435 | 535 | 150 | 908 | 74 | .. | .. | 27 | 15 | 20 | 7 | .. | 2613 | ||
Corresponding Quarter last Year | 103 | 108 | 127 | 33 | 440 | 426 | 481 | 125 | 1019 | 75 | 12 | .. | 46 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2639 |