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St George (Southwark) 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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8 Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
death rate from one week to another, and marks those parts of the year that prove most
fatal. The lowest and highest number of deaths that occurred in one week strangely followed
one another, being the seventh and eighth of 1871, the numbers were 12 and 44.
| SUB-DISTRICTS. | NUMBER OF DEATHS IN 1870-1. | POPULATION IN 1861. |
|---|---|---|
| Kent Road | 467 | 19652 |
| Borough Road | 478 | 16668 |
| London Road | 465 | 19190 |
| TOTAL | 1410 | 55510 |
The second Table supplements the former, by giving the number of deaths in each
sub-district for the year. In each of the sub-districts there has been a decrease in the
death rate. In the Borough-road sub-district in place of 36 deaths in 1000 persons living,
there have only been 28, or one in thirty-five; in the Kent-road sub-district there have
been 24 in place of 26, or one in forty-two; and in London-road sub-district 24 in place of
25, or one in forty-one. Kent-road sub-district has been the most healthy; and the
Borough-road, as usual, the most unhealthy. This decrease the census may show, in
owing to the decrease of population from the destruction of houses for railways and new
streets.
| 1866-7 | 1867-8 | 1868-9 | 1869-70 | 1870-1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | |
| Quarter ending June | 491 | 375 | 532 | 292 | 538 | 324 | 476 | 385 | 547 | 315 |
| Quarter ending September | 466 | 377 | 512 | 334 | 501 | 367 | 462 | 473 | 475 | 365 |
| Quarter ending December | 509 | 366 | 489 | 373 | 579 | 451 | 511 | 440 | 508 | 327 |
| Quarter ending March | 571 | 384 | 525 | 353 | 554 | 359 | 540 | 442 | 535 | 403 |
As no Quarterly Reports are now published, I place before you a Table, in which he
number of births and deaths are registered in each quarter during the last five years. You
will see how much larger is the mortality during the quarters ending March, than in those
ending June ; showing the fatal influence of cold upon life.