London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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) 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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| Deaths in whole District at Subjoined ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causes op Death. | All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Borough Road. | London Road. | Kent Road. | |
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 36 | 6 | 26 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | |||
| Scarlet fever | 11 | 8 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Whooping-cough | 43 | 17 | 25 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 15 | 16 | 7 |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 23 | 1 | 15 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 7 | ||
| Croup | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Fever Enteric | 12 | ... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 3 | ||
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Epidemic Influenza | 18 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhoea (See notes on next page) | 88 | 63 | 19 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 18 | 54 | 7 | |
| Enteric. (See notes on next page) | 51 | 33 | 12 | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 17 | 14 | 7 | |
| Puerperal fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Other septic diseases | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Phthisis | 221 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 182 | 8 | 105 | 59 | 57 | 132 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 74 | 29 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 25 |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 40 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 25 |
| Bronchitis | 203 | 47 | 11 | 3 | ... | 67 | 75 | 63 | 56 | 84 | 52 |
| Pneumonia | 210 | 41 | 54 | 3 | 7 | 84 | 21 | 79 | 53 | 78 | 78 |
| Pleurisy | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Alcoholism | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | |||||||||||
| Venereal diseases | 12 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 6 | 4 | 8 | |
| Premature Birth | 21 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 9 | 2 | |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | ||
| Heart diseases | 111 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 76 | 18 | 40 | 39 | 32 | 46 | |
| Accidents | 75 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 33 | |
| Suicides | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | |
| All other causes | 351 | 133 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 112 | 63 | 113 | 106 | 132 | 106 |
| All causes | 1652 | 437 | 247 | 57 | 64 | 630 | 217 | 575 | 497 | 580 | 590 |