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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]

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14 Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.

Table: T able XI.TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. George's, Southwark; ClassifiedAccording to Diseases Ages, and Localities.(Prepared in accordance with the instructions of the Local Government Board.)

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.
Boro' Road27486554149223Under 5......2........................15526...238......350141
5 upwds.......1........................2...11242522...354133
London Road319121521379729Under 51...1.........1.........1131031......30......679173
5 upwds.......2......1............11......2223119...562146
Kent Road431158100121310642Under 5...1...........................301140...1671...1295258
5 upwds....1.........2......1............32344318...366173
Evelina Hospital150617919.........Under 5...17........................22013......192...465140
5 upwds.....................................1......233...1919
St. George's Workhouse144...1...9...Under 5......................................................44
5 upwds..............................................241......310
Royal Eye Hospital2.........11...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.............................................................12
Bethlehem Hospital20.........1415Under 5......................................................
5 upwds..............................................111......1720
Totals12194302864935309109Under 51210.........1.........16046110...101543...25293716
5 upwds....13......3......1...131458510764...13212503
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 belonging thereto3582049222020443Under...813........................414...393...12369
5 upwds...46......7......1..................842846...2390289
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto1515060162815Under...14...........................157...7122...359110
5 upwds....................................1......363...12741