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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) 1869

[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—1868—9.
By the third Table is shown the rate of mortality in each sub-district. There are
three sub-districts, and the rate of mortality differs in each. That named the Borough.
Road sub-district, invariably presents the greatest mortality; and until now the Kent Road
sub-district the least; during the past year it stands second, the London Road sub-district
having suffered the fewest deaths. In the Borough Road sub-district, 30 have died in
1000 persons living; in the Kent Road sub-district, 24; and in the London Road subdistrict,
21.

Table: TABLE No. 4.

TABLE No. 4.

1864-51865-61866-71867-81868-9
BIRTHS.DEATHS.BIRTHS.DEATHS.BIRTHS.DEATHS.BIRTHS.DEATHS.BIRTHS.DEATHS.
Quarther ending june469410359315491375532292538324
Quarter ending September494357479351466377512334501367
Quarter ending December516450552383509366489373579451
Quarter ending March589429599433578384525353554359

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The fourth Table shows the number of births and deaths that have occurred in each
quarter, during the last five years.

Table: TABLE No. 5.

TABLE No. 5.

1864—51865—61866—71867—81868—9
First QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth QuarterTotalFirst QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth QuarterTotalFirst QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth QuarterTotalFirst QuarterSecond Quarterthird QuarterFourth QuarterTotalFirst QuarterSecond Quarter .| Third QuarterFourth QuarterTotal
Small Pox214182...1368148144171061242......24
Measles161319553...917834135342531541311316535
Scarlatina2520303782164628712510316520114281129351
Diphtheria122...5...1326...22371212611316
whooping cough1892116647515214829111145513821???6719165343
Diarrhœa828354412636485629814144446???116863???
Typhus373626291281110121851...2612...???698113411101215???