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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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76 Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
CONTENTS.
Page.
List of Officers 2
SECTION I.—STATISTICAL:—
Births and Birth Rate for 1895 4
Density of Population 4
Deaths and Death Rate for 1895 5
Death Rate of Sub-Districts 6
Death Rate per 1000 for 1895 7
Zymotic or Preventable Death Rate 7
Zymotic Disease Mortality 8
Proposed Reception House 8
Measles 9
Notification of Measles 10
Salvation Army Shelter 10
Decreased Mortality from Diptheria 10
Mortality of Infants and Children 11
Respiratory Diseases 11
Diseases Causing Infant Mortality 12
Comparative Analysis of Deaths in South London District 12
Table of Deaths during 1895 14
SECTION II.—GENERAL
The need of Further Public Lavatory Accommodation 16
Partial Breakdown in the South London Water Supply 16
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890 17
Mortuary and Coroner's Court 18
Alcohol 18
Factory and Workshops, Act, 1891 and 1895 19
Sewage Flooded Easements in Southwark 19
Housing of the Working Clases Act 20

Table: Table III. —(Continued).Corrected Return of Cause of Death of Infants under One Year in the Registration Sub-Districts during the 52 Weeks ending December 31st, 1895.

Table III. —(Continued).

Corrected Return of Cause of Death of Infants under One Year in the Registration Sub-Districts during the 52 Weeks ending December 31st, 1895.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Borough Road.London Road.Kent Road.
Brought forward149115107
VIII.—Deaths from Ill-defined and not Specified Causes.
Dropsy.........
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition381922
Mortification.........
Tumour.........
Abscess.........
Hæmorrhage.........
Sudden Death (cause not ascertained).........
Found Dead (cause not stated).........
Other Causes not Specified or Ill-defined633
Totals193137132