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St George (Southwark) 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]

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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1895.

TABLE IX.

Deaths 1892.Deaths 1893.Deaths 1894.Deaths 1895
Diarrhœa23435441
Tabes Mesenterica (bowel phthisis)22)58163710382751
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus20101210
Other Tubercular & Scrofulous Diseases16)111614
Premature Birth24364439
Convulsions35416369
Bronchitis45504440
Pneumonia32241638
Dentition21142235
Whooping Cough11202930
Suffocation in bed11122016
Debility, Atrophy, and Inanition42848869
Other cases not specified or ill-defined346824
Total336367426452

* English.

TABLE X.

Sanitary Area.Estimated Population middle of 1895.Persons to an Acre.Annual rate per 1,000 living.Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births.
Deaths from all Causes.Deathsfr'm principal Zymotic Diseases
St. Saviour, Southwark26,57013225.62.8204
St. Olave, Southwark13,06510324.12.4209
Newington119,35818524.13.3202
St. George, Southwark60,16321123.73.8208
Bermondsey83,86113522.33.2163
Lambeth284,8837119.62.6151
Rotherhithe40,7135319.22.7150
Greenwich175,1834918.92.7154
Camberwell252,7375418.32.5164
Woolwich42,7683717.41.7152
Battersea165,1307117.42.7175
Plumstead61,494915.12.5133
Wandsworth185,9561814.81.3133
Lee38,8322314.51.4141
Lewisham82,4101514.41.5132
London4,392,34658.819.72.6165