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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) 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
TABLE No. I.
| Week. | Kent Road. | Borough Road. | London Road. | Total. | Mean Temperature. | Week. | Kent Road. | Borough Road. | London Road. | Total. | Mean Temperature. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 48.9° | 40 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 56.5° |
| 15 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 52.4° | 41 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 26 | 553° |
| 16 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 39 | 56.0° | 11 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 46.8° | |
| 17 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 54.2° | 43 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 46.9° |
| 18 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 54.1° | 44 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 42.5° |
| 19 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 50.7° | 45 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 32 | 42.4° |
| 20 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 53.7° | 46 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 44.8° |
| 21 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 61.7° | 47 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 50.6° |
| 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 58.3° | 48 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 43.7° | |
| 23 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 63.6° | 49 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 40 | 46.5° |
| 24 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 57.8° | 50 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 39.7° |
| 25 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 30 | 61.1° | 51 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 32 | 42.7° |
| 26 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 59.5° | 52 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 4l.2° |
| 27 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 66.1° | 1 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 31 | 43.2° |
| 28 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 34 | 61.4° | 2 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 36.9° |
| 29 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 63.6° | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 38 | 46.9° |
| 30 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 66° | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 43.1° |
| 31 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 55.9e | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 45.10 |
| 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 62° | 6 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 26 | 45.8° |
| 33 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 60° | 7 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 38 | 38.9° |
| 34 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 61.7° | 8 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 36.2° |
| 35 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 61.4° | 9 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 34.4° |
| 36 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 67.40° | 10 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 43 | 36.8° |
| 37 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 35 | 67.8° | 11 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 31 | 39.3° |
| 38 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 60.9° | 12 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 45 | 40.2° |
| 39 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 59.3° | 13 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 44 | 49.8° |
The most fatal weeks were the two last which closed the year, the deaths being
respectively 45 and 44. The temperature of the two or three preceding weeks had fallen
below the average. The connexion between the mortality and the temperature is very
striking. As the thermometer falls below 50° in the winter months, so do tho deaths proportionally
rise. Numbers who have passed safely through this season of the year owing
to its exceeding mildness, and have reached thus far into the present year, stand ready to
pass away from the slightest change of temperature or other destructive cause.
TABLE No. 2.
| 1861—2 | 1862 — 3 | 1863—4 | 1864—5 | 1865—6 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | ||
| Quarter ending June | 530 | 362 | 546 | 338 | 569 | 405 | 469 | 410 | 559 | 315 | Births, Total 10497 Deaths, Total 7716 For Five Years, |
| Quarter ending September | 435 | 293 | 484 | 334 | 498 | 373 | 494 | 357 | 479 | 351 | |
| Quarter ending December | 486 | 355 | 520 | 364 | 552 | 404 | 516 | 450 | 552 | 383 | |
| Quarter ending March | 583 | 419 | 524 | 434 | 513 | 507 | 589 | 429 | 599 | 433 | |
| TOTAL | 2034 | 1429 | 2074 | 1470 | 2132 | 1689 | 2068 | 1646 | 2189 | 1482 | |