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St Olave 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Olave]
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TABLE II.—In accordance with the Requirements of the Local Government Board.
TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OP NEW CASES OP INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1895 in the St. Olave's, (Southwark, S.E.) District; 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 5 | New 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 Isolation Hospitals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1891 | Estimated to middle of 1895. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 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 | FEVERS | Cholera | Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||||
| Typhus | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typhus | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| District | 12,723 | 13,065 | 430 | Under 5 | ... | 7 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 19 | 8 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 18 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Guy's Hospital | Under 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 6 upwds. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Guy's Nurses, Staff and Nursing Institution | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 5 upwds. | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Workhouse | Under 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Totals | Under 5 | ... | 9 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 24 | 10 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 23 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||