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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, Southvwrk.

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

January 1st, 1859. (13 Weeks.)

Corresponding Weeks last YearCAUSES OF DEATHALL AGESAGES
M.F.T.Under 11.—2.—3.—4.—All under 55.—10.—15.—All under 2020.—40-60.—80 and upwds.
.343All Causes192183375984630151420317582333452497
56I. Zymotic455297151812121067161286515..
7II. Dropsy, &c347......................52..
70III. Tubercular3424587682225..153114121..
51IV' Brain and Nerves2421452341....28....293571
8V. Heart, &c347......1..1..1..2212..
89VI. Lungs, &c554710234138..257..1..58619172
13VII. Digestive Organs7152234......7..1191831
2VIII. Kidneys, &c.1..1........................1..
2IX. Childbirth, &c..22....................2......
3X. Joints, Bones, &c1..1....................1......
XI. Skin, &c..................................
XII. Malformation..................................
10XIII. Prem. Birth and Debility841212........12......12........
2XIV. Atrophy11211......2......2........
12XV. Old Age6713........................103
XVI. Sudden..................................
11XVII. Violence, Privation, &c4153........3......3..11..
7XVIII. Not specified..11....1....1......1........
11. Small Pox..111........1......1........
Measles5712322..293....12........
9Scarlatina152641I67772891139........
10Hooping Cough851337..1112....13........
2Croup112....11..2......2........
1Thrush..................................
12Diarrhœa83113212..8......81..2..
Dysentery................................
Cholera..................................
6Influenza..............................
Scurvy and purpura..................................
Ague..................................
Remittent Fever1..1............1....1........
Infantile „..111........1......1........
9Typhus „5491..11..31..151..3..
Puerperal „..................................
Rheumatic ,,..................................
2Erysipelas..11........................1....
Pyaemia..................................
3Syphilis..111........1......1........
Noma..................................
Hydrophobia..................................
1Dyptheria22411....13......31......
,II. Hœmorrhage1..l......................1....
3Dropsy213......................21..
Abscess..................................
Ulcers..11......................1....
Fistula..................................
Mortification..................................
3Cancer..22......................11..
Gout..................................
III. Scrophula..11....................1......
17Tabes Mesenterica7714554............14........
47Phthisis2414382112..6..151213121..
Spasmodic Croup..................................
6Hydrocephalus325....3..25......5........
2IV. Cephalitis2..2....l....1......11......
15Apoplexy213....................11..1
4paralysis639....................144..
Delirium Tremens..................................
Chorea..................................
1Epilpsy1..1........................1..
Tetanus..................................
2Insanity112............................2..
19Convulsions121527224......261....27........
8Disease of Brain, &c..111........1......1........