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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St George (Southwark) 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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12 Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
TABLE No. 1.
| Weeks | Kent Road. | Borough Rd. | London Rd. | Total. | Mean Temperature. | Weeks | Kent Road. | Borough Rd. | London Rd. | Total. | Mean Temperature. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Female. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||||||
| 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 45.3° | 40 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 52° |
| 15 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 49.5° | 41 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 53.3° |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 50.6° | 42 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 53.8° |
| 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 50.2° | 43 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 52.5° |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 47.8° | 44 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 45.7° |
| 19 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 53.2° | 45 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 47.3° | |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 52.8° | 46 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 41.6° |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 48.3° | 47 | ... | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 48.6° |
| 22 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 55.4° | 48 | ... | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 47.9° |
| 23 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 57.2° | 49 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 42.1° |
| 24 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 54.7° | 50 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 5 | ... | 5 | 35 | 46.7° |
| 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 58.8° | 51 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 42.1° |
| 26 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 61.2° | 52 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 42.5° |
| 27 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 59.4° | 53 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 37.1° |
| 28 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 65° | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 26.7° |
| 29 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 61.0° | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 36.8° |
| 30 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 57.3° | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 44.5° |
| 31 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 59.9° | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 39.6° |
| 32 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 65° | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 37.8° |
| 33 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 65.1° | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 34.6° |
| 34 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 58.1° | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 37.2° |
| 35 | 2 | 6 | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 60.0° | 8 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 33° |
| 36 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 57.8° | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 40.9° | |
| 37 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 54.5° | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 41.5° |
| 38 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 56.1° | 11 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 43° |
| 39 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 50.4° | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 40.4° |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 41.0° | |||||||||
TABLE 2.
Number of Births and Deaths for each Quarter during Five Tears.
| 1859—60 | 1860—1 | 1861—2 | 1862—3 | 1863—4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIBTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | |||
| Quarter Ending June, 1859 | 525 | 296 | 423 | 298 | 530 | 362 | 546 | 338 | 569 | 405 | Births, Total | 10131 |
| Deaths, Total | 7211 | |||||||||||
| Quarter Ending September, 1859 | 464 | 347 | 479 | 276 | 435 | 293 | 484 | 334 | 498 | 373 | ||
| Excess of Births | 2920 | |||||||||||
| Quarter Ending December, 1859 | 497 | 363 | 454 | 302 | 486 | 355 | 520 | 364 | 552 | 404 | ||
| Quarter Ending March, 1860 | 543 | 381 | 506 | 360 | 583 | 419 | 524 | 434 | 513 | 507 | ||
| TOTAL | 2029 | 1384 | 1862 | 1239 | 2034 | 1429 | 2074 | 1470 | 2132 | 1689 | ||
The cold and dreary winter through which we have passed has been the chief cause of
this great mortality. The sudden and large increase of deaths during the first and following
weeks of the year, was unprecedented out of the Cholera years. The temperature of