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St George (Southwark) 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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6 Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
The deaths registered in the three Sub-districts may be seen by referring to Table 3.
In the Kent Road sub-district there were 356, or one death in 57 persons living; in the
Borough Road Sub-district there were 350, or one in 47 persons living; in the London
Road there were 413, or one in 45 persons living. The Kent Road Sub-district was the
most healthy, and the London Road Sub-district the most unhealthy. In the year 1871-2,
London-road Sub-district was the most healthy, and the Borough-road Sub-district was the
most unhealthy.
TABLE No. 4.
| 1872—3 | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. |
|---|---|---|
| Quarter ending June | 532 | 280 |
| Quarter ending September | 477 | 310 |
| Quarter ending December | 537 | 238 |
| Quarter ending March | 570 | 291 |
The greatest number of deaths happened in the quarter ending September, when the
deaths were 72 above the quarter ending December, which was the healthiest. The mortality
in the different quarters is constantly varying.
TABLE No. 5.
| 1868—9 | 1869—70 | 1870—1 | 1871—2 | 1872—3 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | |
| Small Pox | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 79 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | ... |
| Measles | 11 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 6 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Scarlatina | 8 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 61 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 |
| WhoopingCough | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| Diarrhœa | 11 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 5 | 1 |
| Typhus | 11 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ... | 10 |
There has been a remarkable diminution of deaths from the diseases included in the
zymotic class. In the year 1871—2, the deaths from this class were 453, in the year now