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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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Annnal Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1895. 69

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 ROADLONDON ROADKent Road.
I. Specific, Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases. 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Small-pox.........
Measles231335
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)725
Diphtheria554
Whooping-Cough241616
Typhus Fever.........
Enteric or Typhoid Fever351
Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever.........
Influenza435
Other Miasmatic Diseases.........
2.—Diarrhœal Diseases.
Simple Cholera.........
Diarrhœa, Dysentery241718
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.
Syphilis12...
Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra.........
6.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas846
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 Tremens421
IV. Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart211
Rheumatism1261
Gout...2...
Rickets......7
Cancer, Malignant Disease5111
Tabes Mesenterica1476
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus62...
Phthisis362926
Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases12126
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis.........
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia2461
Glycosuria, Diabetes, Mellitus1421
Other Constitutional Diseases2...1
Carried forward230137152

TABLE II.
Summary of Return of Cause of Death (Corrected.)
Cause of Death.
Total.
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases
1. Miasmatic Diseases
136
2. Diarrhœal Diseases
59
5. Venereal Diseases
3
6. Septic Diseases
18
II.—Parasitic Diseases

III.—Dietic Diseases
7
IV.—Constitutional Diseases
262
V.—Developmental Diseases
53
VI.—Local Diseases:—
1. Diseases of Nervous System
82
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense
...
3. Diseases of Circulatory System
70
4. Diseases of Respiratory System
323
5. Diseases of Digestive System
66
8. Diseases of Urinary System
4
9. Diseases of Reproductive System:—
Parturition
10
10. Diseases of Locomotive System
6
VII. —Violence:—
Suicide, Accident, Negligence, &c.
43
VIII.—Deaths from ill-defined and not specified causes
110
Total
1342