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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1897.
T able III.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | borough road | london road | Kent Road. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | |||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | ... | 1 | ... |
| Diphtheria | 1 | ... | ... |
| Whooping-Cough | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Simple Continued and Ill-defined Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
| 2.—Diarrheal Diseases. | |||
| Simple Cholera | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 24 | 29 | 31 |
| 3.—Malarial Diseases. | |||
| ... | ... | ... | |
| 4.—Zoogenous Diseases. | |||
| Cowpox and effects of Vaccination | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia, Glanders, and Splenic Fever) | ... | ... | ... |
| 5.—Venereal Diseases. | |||
| Syphilis | 5 | ... | ... |
| Gonorrhoea, Stricture of Urethra | ... | ... | ... |
| 6.—Septic Diseases. | |||
| Phagedsena | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | ... | 1 | ... |
| Pyæmia, Septicaemia | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... |
| Starvation and Want of Breast Milk | ... | ... | |
| Scurvy | ... | ... | ... |
| Chronic Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens | ... | ... | ... |
| Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatism of the Heart. | ... | ... | ... |
| Rheumatism | ... | ... | |
| Gout | ... | ... | ... |
| Rickets | 2 | 1 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | ... | ... | ... |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Phthisis | ... | ... | 1 |
| Other Tubercular and Scrofulous Diseases | ... | 1 | ... |
| Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diaihesis | ... | ... | |
| Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucooythsemia | 2 | ... | ... |
| Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus | ... | .. | ... |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | ... | ... | ... |
| Carried forward | 39 | 1 47 | 62 |