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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) 1867
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1866—7. 13
this decrease is greatest just when life and health ought to be most certain and vigorous; that
is, at the ages from 20 to 50. The table which shall extend the calculation to 1864 is not yet
published; when that table is published we hope a more favourable disclosure will be
made; otherwise doubts of the good of sanitary science will find a more specious pretext.
It is only during the period of time, between the years 1854 and 1864 that sanitary measures
have been extensively and continuously carried on, consequently we cannot expect that they
should as yet have had much power to influence the mortality. As evil results do not cease
immediately their cause is removed; so, neither, do good results follow immediately their
cause is set in operation.
| Week. | Kent Road. | Borough Road. | London Road. | Total | Mean Temperature. | Humidity. | Week. | Kent Road. | Borough Road | London Road. | Total. | Mean Temperature. | Humidity. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 42-40 | 87 | 40 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 57-9° | 94 |
| 15 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 33 | : 47-8° | 85 | 41 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 52-4° | 87 |
| 16 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 29 | 50-8° | 74 | 42 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 34 | 49-6° | 89 |
| 17 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 52-6° | 73 | 43 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 49-1° | 90 |
| 18 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 42-5° | 79 | 44 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 49-2° | 88 |
| 19 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 51-7° | 72 | 45 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 48.40 | 87 |
| 20 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 48-1° | 70 | 46 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 45-6° | 82 |
| 21 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 37 | 52-0° | 63 | 47 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 37 | 39 2° | 83 |
| 22 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 56-2° | 72 | 48 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 38-7° | 82 |
| 23 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 61-0° | 78 | 49 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 46-9° | 88 |
| 24 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 32 | 58-5° | 78 | 50 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 43-4° | 90 |
| 25 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 58-1° | 78 | 51 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 4l*3p | 89 |
| 26 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 37 | 66-3° | 75 | 52 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 44 0° | 86 |
| 27 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 56*3° | 81 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 25-2° | 86 |
| 28 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 68-2° | 77 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 39*3° | 85 |
| 29 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 62-2° | 75 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 26-0° | 76 |
| 30 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 40 | 59-3° | 78 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 37-2° | 82 |
| 31 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 58*8° | 79 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 46-0° | 87 | |
| 32 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 57-7° | 75 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 43 4° | 82 |
| 33 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 58-0° | 77 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 46.7° | 84 |
| 34 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 28 | 61-2° | 86 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 46-5° | 88 |
| 35 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 60-2° | 77 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 39-0° | 78 |
| 36 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 58-5S | 85 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 35-3° | 84 |
| 37 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 56-7° | 79 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 34-1° | 85 |
| 38 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 53-7° | 83 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 40 | 35'58 | 86 |
| 39 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 45 | 55-5° | 89 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 46*6° | 77 |
The first Table will shew you weekly the number of deaths in each sub-district, with
the temperature and degree of humidity. The lowest death rate occurred in the 37th week
ending 15th September, when it amounted to 17. The highest death rate occurred in the