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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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Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
CONTENTS.
Page.
List of Officers 2
SECTION I.—STATISTICAL:-,
Density of Population 4
Births and Birth Pate for 1896 5
Deaths and Death Pate for 1896 5
Death Rate of Sub-Districts 6
Death Rate per 1000 for 1896 7
Zymotic or Preventable Death Pate 7
Zymotic Disease Mortality 7
Proposed Reception House 8
Measles 9
Salvation Army Shelter 9
Increased Parish Mortality from Diptheria 9
Mortality of Infants and Children 10
Respiratory Diseases 10
Diseases Causing Infant Mortality 11
Table of Deaths during 1896 12
SECTION II.—GENERAL:-
The need of Further Public Lavatory Accommodation 14
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890—Special Report 14
Mortuary and Coroner's Court 18
Alcohol 18
the Factory and Workshops, Act, 1891 and 1895 19
Housing of the Working Classes Act 20