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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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Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southward.
The foregoing Table will show at a glance the number of deaths that have occurred
during the last ton years. In three years of ton, the deaths have exceeded those of the
present; whilst in five years of the ten, the excess of births has been greater.
| Week. | Kent Road. | Borough Road. | London Road. | Total. | Mean Temperature. | Humidity. | Week. | Kent Road. | Borough Road | London Road. | Total. | Mean Temperature. | Ilumidity. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 45.20 | 78 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 53.70 | 85 |
| 15 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 45.70 | 77 | 41 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 51.80 | 87 |
| 16 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 45.70 | 82 | 42 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 | 49.70 | 88 |
| 17 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 50.2° | 81 | 43 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 42.??? | 90 | |
| 18 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 53.0° | 73 | 44 | 14 | 13 | 36 | 46.??? | 87 | ||
| 10 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 53.3° | 73 | 45 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 31 | 45.90 | 83 |
| 20 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 33 | 57.5° | 77 | 46 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 40.70 | 85 |
| ??? | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 59.4° | 73 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 39.80 | 84 |
| 22 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 59.20 | 77 | 48 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 37 | 42.50 | 92 |
| 23 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 58.60 | 76 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 45.6° | 91 |
| 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 60.30 | 63 | 50 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 34 | 47.60 | 87 |
| 25 | 11 | 24 | 65.4° | 69 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 47.50 | 90 | ||
| 26 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 63.60 | 68 | 52 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 44.2° | 89 | |
| 27 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 61.6° | 68 | 53 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 39 | 41.0° | 89 |
| 28 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 65.70 | 64 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 45.70 | 92 |
| 29 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 70.7° | 64 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 40.40 | 94 |
| 30 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 69.20 | 59 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 36.??? | 87 |
| 31 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 67.60 | 64 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 40.70 | 77 |
| 32 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 69.8° | 65 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 49.2° | 85 |
| 33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 64.3° | 71 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 47.??? | 86 |
| 34 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 61.9° | 87 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 45.50 | 83 |
| 35 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 58.1° | 71 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 40.90 | 82 |
| 36 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 65.30 | 77 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 39.10 | 70 |
| 37 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 64.0° | 70 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 35.60 | 82 |
| 38 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 57.1° | 71 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 36.90 | 84 |
| 39 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 58.4° | 80 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 38.70 | 84 |
| 13 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 37 | 39. 00 | 83 |
The second Table places before you the deaths that have occurred in each week during
the year. It appears that the smallest mortality happened in the 22nd week, ending 2nd
May, 1868, when seventeen deaths were registered; and the highest in the last week of the
same year, when thirty nine deaths were registered.
TABLE No. 3.
| SUB-DISTRICTS. | NUMBER OF DEATHS IN 1868—9. | POPULATION IN 1861. | SUPPOSED POPULATION IN 1868—9. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Road | 510 | 19652 | 21224 |
| Borough Road | 546 | 16668 | 18001 |
| London Road | 445 | 19190 | 20725 |
| TOTAL | 1501 | 55510 | 59950 |