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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 Fourth 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, 15,862Workhouse. Average Inmates, 454Kent Road, Mr. BabbageLondon Road, Mr. WakemBoro' Road, Mr. LlewellynWorkhouse, Mr. BrownRoyal South London DispensaryBethlehem Hospital, &c. At. Inmts. 456 15 AcresHouse of Occupations, Av Inmts. 208Queen's Bench PrisonSchool for Indigent Blind, Acres 3.3.10 Av. Inmates 176Asylum for Deaf and Dumb 4 Acres At. Inmates 340Magdalen Hospital 3½ Acres At. Inmates 100British School, Boro' Road, ½ Acre, At. Inmates 250Yorkshire Schls. Westminster Rd. 3/8 Acre, At. Inmates, 33Sickness Total
Mumps..2....Included in the Boro' Road District...........................
Small Pox1......413....................8
Chioken Pox..........11..3................5
Measles471..49....23................37
Scarlatina, Malignant Sore Throat22107..16136..28................63
Hooping Cough157..31210..21................46
Diarrhœa326218220112..........3....58
Dysentery............1..............12..2
Cholera....................................
Fever182....69251..1......12....120
Ague............5..2......1........7
Rheumatic Fever..........31........No returns ;....2....7
Rheumatism....... .116614............1..37
Erysipelas....1164611........2....22
Pyaemia................... ...2........
Puerperal Fever..................................
Carbuncle............2..2........2......
Chronie Lung Diseases, (exoept Phthisis)l1....11634..........1..1....6
Phthisis9131646897..1......2..2..53
Acute Lung DiseasesBronchitis & Catarrh2211261011837112366319....3l..1..35
Pleurisy..........1....7........l......9
Pneumonia........151112112309..18........4......73
Croup1..1..............................
Hydrocephalus, Tabes, Scrophula, Spas-modic Croup, Convulsions of Infants2219202929............1......21
Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic1421291117822726579728......204......1501
Violence, Privation, Poison & remature Birth6344142101..................27
Sudden Deaths..1................................
Mental Disease..11131..10..53..............67
Dyptheria112....11....................2
Sore Throat..1........................7l..8
TOTAL1231171353544243553515090874....2715207..2613
Corresponding Quarter last Year1031081273344042648112510197512..46410012639