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St George (Southwark) 1896

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

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12 Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.

Table: Table X.TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. George's, Southward; Classified According to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.(Prepared in accordance with the instructions of the Local Government Board.)

Table X.

TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. George's, Southward; Classified According to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

(Prepared in accordance with the instructions of the Local Government Board.)

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.MORTALITY FROM ALL CAUSES AT SUBJOINED AGES.MORTALITY FROM SUBJOINED CAUSES, DISTINGUISHING DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera,Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
Boro' Road4471307268291408Under 5...?,53.....................121817......502...99212
5 upwards...492...3............51710342953241666235
London Road35110244442211227 (Under 5...142..................8710......39......669146
5 upwds....261...2............61310431744162772206
Kent Road37410072403010428Under 5...211..................4411......611780172
5 upwds....344...2............4838...2424191493202
Evelina Hospital10212404532...Under......2........................4214......18......2749
5 upwds....13........................9153...9......61653
St. George's Workhouse1922294Under 5.........................................................44
5 upwds...............................7...........................815
Totals12933462301978636767Under 5...5126.....................283152......1683...24254583
5 upwds....10227...7............22472420107013059423255710
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above Records of Mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons be-2547840363070...Under......1........................444......21.........84118
5 upwds...24.....................1614...610.........102136
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto2155820211779...Under...36...........................27...10......2488
5 upwds...4 17.....................5...39...914......878137