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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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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1897
CONTENTS.
List of Officers 2
SECTION I.—STATISTICAL:—
Density of Population 4
Births and Birth Rate for 1897 5
Deaths and Death Rate for 1897 6
Death Rate of Sub-Districts 6
Death Rate per 1000 for 1897 7
Zymotic or Preventable Death Rate 7
Zymotic Disease Mortality 8
Mortality of Infants and Children 9
Measles 10
Increased Parish Mortality from Diptheria 10
Salvation Army Shelter 11
Respiratory Diseases 11
Diseases Causing Infant Mortality 12
Table of Deaths during 1897 14
SECTION II.—GENERAL:—
Public Lavatory Accommodation 16
Mortuary and Coroner's Court 16
Alcohol 16
Factory and Workshops, Act, 1891 and 1895 17