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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) 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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Annual report of the Medical Office of Health-1876— 7.
The death rate various according to the seasons. This, there will be seen by Table No.
the fewest number of deaths were registered in the quarter ending June, and the
???est number in the quarter ending March. The proportion of deaths does not happen
early in the quarters. In the year 1875—6, the greatest number of deaths occurred in
quarter, in which, in the last year, the fewest were recorded, the one ending June.
however seems to have been exceptional. The quarter ending March is always marked
high death rate.
TABLB No 2.
| Week | Kent Road | Borough Road | London Road | Total | ??? ???? | wORK | Kent Road | Borough Road | London Road | Total | ???? ??? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 31.1 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 34.6 |
| 13 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 42.3 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 31.3 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 42.3 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 32.2 |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 30.3 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 43.9 |
| 18 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 44.3 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 33.6 |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 32.1 | 43 | 7 | 8 | 10 | ??? | 33.6 |
| 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 43.2 | 46 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 30.0 |
| 21 | 9+ | 9 | 7 | 23 | 31.1 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 43.0 |
| 22 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 56.0 | 43 | ??? | 13 | 10 | 23 | 46.0 | |
| 23 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 34.3 | 43 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 42.3 |
| 24 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 26 | 34.3 | 50 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 42.3 |
| 25 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 62.4 | 51 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 36.9 |
| 26 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 62.9 | 52 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 43.3 |
| 13 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 63.3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 46.1 | |
| 28 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 63.3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 41.3 |
| 29 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 70.3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ??? | 20 | 13.3 |
| 30 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 63.3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 10.0 |
| 31 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 61.2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 42.0 |
| 32 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 66.2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 44.3 |
| 33 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 72.0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 44.4 |
| 34 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 20.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 46.1 |
| 35 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 56.1 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 23.1 |
| 36 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 52.3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 36.9 |
| 37 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 51.5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 41.2 |
| 38 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 52.5 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 32.2 |
| 39 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 56.4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 4604 |
Table No. 5 shows at a glance the number of deaths that the chief zymotic diseases
occasioned during the quarters of each of the last five years.
TABLE No. 3.
| Sub-district | Population in 1821. | Number of Deaths in 1826-7. |
|---|---|---|
| Kent Road | 20181 | 364 |
| Borough Road | ??? | 328 |
| London Road | ??? | 423 |
| Total | ??? | 1366 |