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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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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1896. 13

Table: Table XI.TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, 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 XI.

TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, 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.Population at all ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from thbir homes in the several Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Small-pox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous. Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.CholeraErysipelas.
Census 1891.Esti-matedto middle of 1896.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus|Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
Boro' Road16,62116,056640Under 5...41336...2........................1917..............................
5 upwds....70491...14............38.........3026......7.....................
London Road16,621 21,22121,321672Under 5...35174...........................2111..............................
Kent Road21,86722,9299015 upwds....42343...19............24.........2616......10.....................
Under 5...44352...2........................2419..............................
5 upwds....65412...10............29.........3222......6.....................
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Totals59,71260,2782213Under 5...1208512...4........................6447..............................
5 upwds....1771246...43............91.........8864......23.....................