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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) 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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| year | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1663 | 18641 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 1263 | 1385 | 1457 | 1584 | 1732 | 1179 | 1561 | 1386 | 1475 | 1657 |
| Excess of Births over Deaths | 658 | 383 | 679 | 549 | 266 | 703 | 514 | 728 | 649 | 346 |
Upon examining the first Table, we learn that during the last ton years, the year 1864
was the most fatal, and that the excess of births over deaths during that period was the
least. There Were registered in that year 469 more deaths than in the year 1860, in which
year the death rate was the lowest. The list year follows next in the number of deaths,
only 75 less being registered than in 1864.
| Week. | Kent Road. | Borough Road. | Loudon Rood. | Total | Mean Temperature. | Week | Kent Road | Borough Road. | London Road. | Total. | Mean Temperature. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 47.1° | 12 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 56.7° | |
| 15 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 44 | 55.2° | 41 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 54.5° | |
| 10 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 42.7° | ||
| 17 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 51.9° | 43 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 40.0° |
| 13 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 31 | 50.5° | 44 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 46.6° | |
| 19 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 512° | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41.1° | |
| 20 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 59.0° | 46 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 44 | 45.8° |
| 21 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 51.7° | 12 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 41.0° | |
| 22 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 53.3° | 48 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 34.2° | |
| 23 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 59.0° | 13 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 39.2° | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 51.3° | 50 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 44.7° |
| 25 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 51 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 40 | 38.2° | |
| 26 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 56.9° | 52 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 34.2° |
| 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 64.2° | 1 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 45.2° |
| 28 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 60.9° | 2 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 37 | 39.3° |
| 29 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 69.0° | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 36.1° |
| 30 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 42 | 64.0° | 17 | 37 | 31.6° | |||
| 31 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 33 | 69.8° | 5 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 40 | 42.0° |
| 32 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 49 | 58.5° | 6 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 28 | 32.4° |
| 33 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 58.7° | 7 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 30.7° |
| 34 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 68.4° | 8 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 38 | 36.9° | |
| 35 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 56.1° | 9 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 34 | 45.8° |
| 36 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 45 | 63.5° | 10 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 38.4° |
| 37 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 58.1° | 11 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 38 | 41.0° |
| 38 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 58.8° | 12 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 38.1° |
| 39 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 30 | 58.8° | 13 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 37.2° |
The second Table points out the number that died weekly, and also the sub-districts in
Which they died, with the mean temperature of the week. The highest death rate that
Happened in one week in 1868-9 was 39, the lowest that happened in one week in the same
year was 17: the highest that happened in one week of the year now ended was 40, the
lowest 19. The weather was characterized by extreme variations and great range of temPerature.
The alterations from boat to cold were frequent and sudden, which doubtless
more or less injuriously affected the public health.