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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. 71

Table: Table III.Corrected Return of Cause of Death of Infants under One Year in the Registration Sub-Districts during the 53 Weeks ending January 2nd, 1897.

Table III.

Corrected Return of Cause of Death of Infants under One Year in the Registration Sub-Districts during the 53 Weeks ending January 2nd, 1897.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Borough roadLondon roadKent Road.
I.—Specific, Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases.
1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Small-pox.........
Measles536
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina).........
Diphtheria.........
Whooping-Cough1097
Typhus Fever.........
Enteric or Typhoid Fever.........
Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever.........
Other Miasmatic Diseases.........
2.—Diarrhœal Diseases.
Simple Cholera.........
Diarrhœa, Dysentery14165
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.
Syphilis.........
Gonorrhœa, Stricture of Urethra.........
6.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas.........
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 Tremens.........
IV.—Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart..........
Rheumatism.........
Gout.........
Rickets.........
Cancer, Malignant Disease.........
Tabes Mesenterica10146
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus617
Phthisis.........
Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases381
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis.........
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia.........
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus.........
Other Constitutional Diseases.........
Carried forward485132