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St Olave 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Olave]
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TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW OASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1897, in the St. Olave's, (Southwark, S.E.); classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 6 | N ew Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases removed from their houses in the several localities, for treatment in Hospitals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1896 | Estimated to middle of 1897. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | i C | 6 | 7 | 1 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||||
| Small-pox | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup | FEVERS. | Cholera | Erysipelas | Small-pox | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup | FFVERS | Cholera | Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||||
| Typhus | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | Typhus | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing 1 | Puerperal | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District | 11,731 | 11,495 | 434 | Under 5 | ... | 22 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | 43 | 17 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 42 | 16 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||||
| Guy's Nurses, Staff and Nursing Institution | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Workhouse | Under 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 5 upwards | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Totals | Under 5 | ... | 27 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 60 | 20 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 1 | 58 | 19 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||||