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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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AnnualReport of the Medical officer of Health-1869-70.

TABLE 3.

SUB-Districts..NUMBER OF DEATHS IN 1869-70.POPULATION IN 1861.sUPPOSED POPULATION IN 186-9.
Kent Road5711965221221
Borough Road6561666818001
London Road5101910020725
TOTAL17405551059950

You have in the third Table the number of deaths which have been registered in each
sub-district. The Borough Bond sub-district presents, as usual, the highest death-rate; it
has reached to 36 deaths in 1000 persons living. When we consider the condition of this
locality with reference to its habitations and population, we could expect no other result.
In the Kent Bond sub-district 26 died in 1000 living, and in the London Road subdistrict
25 in 1000 living. Thus the London Road sub-district is the healthiest in our
Parish.

TABLE No.4.

1865-61866-71867-81868-91869-70
BIRTHS.DEATHS.BIRTHS.DEATHS.BIRTHS.DEATHS.BIRTHS.DEATHS.BIRTHS.DEATHS.
Quarter ending June359315491375532292538324470385
Quarter ending September479351466377513334501367462473
Quarter ending December552.383509366480373570451511440
Quarter ending March599433578384525353554359540442

I place before you in the fourth Table, the number of births and deaths that have been
registered in each quarter during the last five years. This Table is so far interesting, that
it shows the variation which occurs in the death rate, and the quarters which are most
fatal. It will be found that the greatest number of persons die in the quarters ending
December and March. There is one exception in the year 1869-70, when the quarter ending
September, proved the most fatal.
I now come to the consideration of the deaths brought about by zymotic diseases, and
which add so largo a number to our death rate. I must confess the Table looks very uninviting,
yet it is none the less important on that account. In fact this Table deserves
serious study.