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St George (Southwark) 1897

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

Published
1898
Pages
56
Tables
28

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28 tables in this report

  • Page 4
    TABLE I. London Census , 1896.
    Name of Registration Sub-District.Area in Acres.No. of Schedules.HOUSES.POPULATION.
    Inhabited.Uninhabited.Males.Females.Total.
    Empty.Occupied in Daytime but not at Night.Building.
  • Page 5
    TABLE II.
    Sub-District.Birth-rate per 1,000.
    1895.1896.1897.
  • Page 6
    TABLE III.
    Sub-District.No. of Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000.Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births.
    1896.1897.1896.1897.1896.1897.
  • Page 6
    TABLE IV.
    Sub-District.Death-rate per 1,000.
    1892-3-4-5-6-71897
  • Page 7
    TABLE V.
    Years.St. George, Southwark.London.
    Death-rate per 1,000.Death-rate per 1,000.
  • Page 8
    TABLE VI.—For t h e Year 1897.
    Birth-rate per 1,000.Death-rate per 1,000.Zymotic death-rate.Phthisis death-rate.Other Tubercular Diseases death-rate.Respiratory Diseases death-rate.Deaths under 1 year, to 1,000 births.Percentage of deaths under 5 to total deaths.
  • Page 8
    TABLE VII. Mortality in St. George's, in 1897, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases.
    Disease.Actual number of Deaths in St. George's, Southwark.St. George's, Southwark, proportion to total London deaths according to its population.
  • Page 9
    Table VIII. Mortality in St. George's, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases.
    Deaths.189218931894189518961897Total.
  • Page 11
    TABLE IX.
    Sub-District.No. of Deaths—1896.TotalNo. of Deaths—1897.Total
    BronchitisPneumoniaPhthisis.BronchitisPneumoniaPhthisis
  • Page 12
    TABLE X.
    Deaths1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.
  • Page 14
    T able XI. TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. George's, Southwark; 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 55 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwardsSmall-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping CoughDiarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheum atic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
  • Page 15
    Table XII. TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. George's, Southwark; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities. NOTE —The Population and Birth Columns that come first below are estimated on a Sub-District basis, while the rest of the figures are worked out in Ward Divisions as that is the practice followed by the Vestry.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all ages.Registered Births.Aped under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of healthNumber of such Cases Removed from their homes in the several Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous. Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFevers.CholeraErysipelas.
    Last CensusEstimatedto middle of 1897.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
  • Page 18
    TABLE XIII.
    Premises.Date of Official Representation.Result.
  • Page 33
    Samples submitted to the Public Analyst.
    Name of Sample.MargarineAdul-fcerated.Unadulterated.Total.
  • Page 41
    T able I. Corrected Return of Cause of Death in the Registration Sub-Districts during the 52 Weeks ending January 1st, 1898.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.borough roadlondon roadKent Road.
  • Page 42
    Table I. — (Continued.) Corrected Return of Cause of Death in the Registration Sub-Districts during the 52 Weeks ending January 1st, 1898
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Borough Road.London Road.Kent Road.
  • Page 43
    TABLE I.—(Continued). Corrected Return of Cause of Death in the Regisiration Sub-Districts during the 52 Weeks ending January 1st, 1898
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Borough Road.London Road.Kent Road.
  • Page 44
    T able I.— (Continued). Corrected Return of Cause of Death in the Registration Sub-Districts during the'52 Weeks ending January 1st, 1898.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Borough Road.London Road.Kent Road.
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    TABLE II. Summary of Return of Cause of Death (Corrected)
    Cause of Death.Total.
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    T able III. Corrected Return of Cause of Death of Infants under One Year in the Registration Sub-Districts during the 52 Weeks ending January 1st, 1898.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.borough roadlondon roadKent Road.
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    T able III. —(Continued.) Corrected Return of Cause of Death of Infants under One Year in the Registration Sub-Districts during the 52 Weeks ending January 1st, 1898
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Borough Road.London Road.Kent Road.
  • Page 47
    TABLE III.— (Continued). Corrected Return of Cause of Death of Infants under One Year in the Regisiration Sub-Districts during the 52 Weeks ending January 1st, 1898
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Borouoh Road.Londow Road,Kent Road.
  • Page 48
    Table III.—(Continued). Corrected Return of Cause of Death of Infants under One Year in the Registration Sub-Districts during the 52 Weeks ending January 1st, 1898.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Borough road.London road.Kent road.
  • Page 49
    List of Slaughter-houses licensed by the London County Council, in October, 1897
    Name.Situation.
  • Page 49
    List of Horse Knackers' Yards licensed by the Londor, County Council in October, 1897.
    Name.Situation.
  • Page 49
    List of Cow-houses licensed by the London County Council, in October, 1897.
    Name.Situation.No. of Cows.
  • Page 50
    TABLE XIV.
    YearNo. of Cows.No. of Cowhouses.
  • Page 50
    List of Bakehouses under Inspection in St. George the Martyr, 1897.
    No. 1 Ward.No. 2 Ward.No. 3 Ward