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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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66 Parish, of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
APPENDIX B.
Table I.
Corrected Return of Cause of Death in the Registration Sub-Districts
durinq the 52 Weeks ending December 31st, 1895.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
BOROUGH
ROAD
LONDON
ROAD
Kent
Road.
I. Specific, Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases.
1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Small-pox
...
...
...
Measles
23
13
35
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
7
2
5
Diphtheria
5
5
4
Whooping-Cough
24
16
16
Typhus Fever
...
...
...
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
3
5
1
Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever
...
...
...
Influenza
4
3
5
Other Miasmatic Diseases
...
...
...
2.—Diarrhœal Diseases.
Simple Cholera
...
...
...
Diarrhœa, Dysentery
24
17
18
3.—Malarial Diseases.
e.g., Remittent Fever, Ague)
...
...
...
4.—Zoogenous Diseases.
Cowpox and effects of Vaccination
...
...
...
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders,
and Splenic Fever)
...
...
...
5.—Venereal Diseases.
Syphilis
1
2
...
Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra
...
...
...
6.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas
8
4
6
Pyæmia, Septicæmia
...
...
...
Puerperal Fever
...
...
...
II.—Parasitic Diseases.
Thrush
...
...
...
Hydatids and other Animal Parasitic Diseases
...
...
...
III.—Dietic Diseases.
Starvation and Want of Breast Milk
...
...
...
Scurvy
...
...
...
Chronic Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens
4
2
1
IV. Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart
2
1
1
Rheumatism
12
6
1
Gout
...
2
...
Rickets
...
...
7
Cancer, Malignant Disease
5
1
11
Tabes Mesenterica
14
7
6
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus
6
2
...
Phthisis
36
29
26
Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases
12
12
6
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis
...
...
...
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia
24
6
1
Glycosuria, Diabetes, Mellitus
14
2
1
Other Constitutional Diseases
2
...
1
Carried forward
230
137
152