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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Appendix to the Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1862.
TABLE No. 10.—DEATHS Registered in St. George's, Southwark, during the Year ending March 28th, 1863. (52 Weeks.) (Deaths of Non-Residents in Hospitals excluded).
| Corresponding "Weeks last Year. | CAUSES OF DEATHS. | ALL AGES | AGES. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | T. | Under 1— | 1.- | 2.— | 3.- | 4.— | All under 5 | 5.- | 10.- | 15.— | | All under 20 | 20.— | 40.— | 60.—. | 80 and upwards. | ||
| 142 | All Causes. | 763 | 707 | 1470 | 361 | 160 | 96 | 61 | 32 | 710 | 50 | 27 | 21 | 808 | 190 | 215 | 210 | 47 |
| 354 | 1. Zymotic | 201 | 207 | 408 | 85 | 68 | 54 | 40 | 25 | 272 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 324 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 3 |
| 55 | II. Dropsy, &c. | 19 | 21 | 40 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| 334 | III Tubercular | 173 | 134 | 307 | 68 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 120 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 137 | 92 | 62 | 16 | .. |
| 174 | IV. Brain and Nerves | 89 | 55 | 144 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 72 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 79 | 15 | 25 | 22 | 3 |
| 37 | V. Heart, &c. | 15 | 22 | 37 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 |
| 213 | VI. Lungs, &c. | 141 | 111 | 252 | 51 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 124 | 2 | 2 | .. | 128 | 8 | 47 | 65 | 4 |
| 63 | VII. Digestive Organs | 28 | 34 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .. | 1 | 19 | 3 | .. | 1 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 11 | .. |
| 16 | VIII. Kidneys, &c. | 5 | 7 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | IX. Childbirth, &c. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| 7 | X. Joints, Bones, &c. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 4 | XI.—Skin, &c. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 | XII.—Malformation | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 32 | XIII.—Premature Birth and Debility | 21 | 25 | 46 | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | .. | .. | .. | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 25 | XIV.—Atrophy | 10 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 1 | .. | 1 | 19 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| 85 | XV.—Old Age | 28 | 52 | 80 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | 34 |
| XVI.—Sudden | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 40 | XVII.—Violence, Privation, &c. | 22 | 21 | 43 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 31 | 2 | 1 | .. | 34 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. |
| 11 | XVIII.—Not Specified | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. |
| 4 | I. Small Pox | 23 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 3 | .. | 37 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. |
| 13 | Measles | 22 | 25 | 47 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 3 | .. | .. | 47 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 59 | Scarlatina | 43 | 34 | 77 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| 77 | Hooping Cough | 27 | 37 | 64 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 60 | 4 | .. | .. | 64 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 21 | Cronp | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .. | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 3 | Thrush | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 62 | Diarrhœa | 15 | 17 | 32 | 19 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 27 | .. | .. | .. | 27 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Dysentery | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
| 12 | Cholera | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| .. | Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| .. | Scurvy and Purpura | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| .. | Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 9 | Remittent Fever | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| .. | Infantile | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 48 | Typhus | 43 | 45 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 2 |
| 1 | Puerperal | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| 3 | Rheumatic | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| 9 | Eyrisipelas | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| .. | Pyæmia | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| 11 | Syphtlis | 7 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2 | Noma | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 20 | Diptheria | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| .. | Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 4 | II. Hæmorrhage | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| 19 | Dropsy | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. |
| 10 | Abscess | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1 | Ulcers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| .. | Fistula | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| 3 | Mortification | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
| 18 | Cancer | 7 | 13 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| .. | Gout | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| 2 | III. Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 74 | Tabes Mesenterica | 45 | 33 | 78 | 46 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 78 | .. | .. | .. | 78 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 194 | Phthisis | 110 | 87 | 197 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 11 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 92 | 62 | 16 | .. |
| 3 | Spasmodic Croup | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 31 | Hydrocephalus | 17 | 12 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .. | 28 | 1 | .. | .. | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 6 | IV. Cephalitis | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 30 | Apoplexy | 8 | 10 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 10 | Paralysis | 6 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. |
| 6 | Delirium Tremens | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| .. | Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 3 | Epilepsy | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| 1 | Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 6 | Insanity | 3 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. |
| 74 | Convulsions | 38 | 26 | 64 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | 60 | .. | 1 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| 38 | Disease of Brain, &c., | 30 | 15 | 45 | 4 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .. | 13 | 7 | 11 | 14 | .. |