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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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Anuual Report of the Medical Officer of Health,—1897
T able I.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | borough road | london road | Kent Road. |
|---|---|---|---|
| I.—Specific, Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases. | |||
| 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | |||
| Small-pox | ... | 1 | ... |
| Measles | 23 | 14 | 30 |
| Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 13 | 10 | 5 |
| Whooping-Cough | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever | ... | 1 | ... |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 2.—Diarrhœal Diseases. | |||
| Simple Cholera | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 31 | 33 | 47 |
| 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 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra | ... | ... | ... |
| 6.—Septic Diseases. | |||
| Phagedena | ... | ... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | ... | 2 | ... |
| Pyaemia, Septicaemia | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | 2 |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases. | |||
| Thrush | ... | ... | ... |
| Hydatids and other Animal Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | 1 |
| III.—Dietic Diseases. | |||
| Starvation and Want of Breast Milk | ... | ... | ... |
| Scurvy | ... | ... | ... |
| Chronic Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases. | |||
| Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart. | l | 2 | 2 |
| Rheumatism | ... | ... | |
| Gout | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Rickets | ... | 4 | 1 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 18 | 12 | 10 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Phthisis | 67 | 42 | 63 |
| Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diachesis | ... | ... | ... |
| Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus | ... | .. | 3 |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | ... | ... | 1 |
| Carried forward | 190 | 160 | 229 |