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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 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