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St George (Southwark) 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]

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Annual Report of the Medical officer of Health 1877—8

TABLE No. 6.

1868-91869-701870-11871-21872-31873-41874-51875-61876-71877-8
Small-Pox41453129181......2614
???asles2546175885727483248
???riastina511526529111651752518
???hteria62575841073
Wooping- cough43742682456354582995
???rrhœa887566787010872686354
???er48363819201318151314

In the year 1873—4, one death was registered from small-pox; in the years 1874—5
??? 1875—6, there were none registered; but in the year 1876—7, there were 26, and
the Last year 16. But these figures by no moans comprise the whole number who have
???rished from this disease, but only of those who died in their homos. Many who where
moved to the Hospital died there.
As I have in previous Reports expressed my opinion concerning vaccination, and of
??? importance there exists for rigidly carrying it out, I will only remark here, that vacation
is the only preventive, with which we are acquainted, of that most loathsome,
???sfiguring and destructive disease. What other, if any, the future may disclose, does not
???acern us now. It is marvellous how the misery and wretchedness of one age, from
???atever cause arising, is forgotten by that which follows.
Deaths by measles rose from 32 to 48, whilst those by scarlet fever fell from 36 to 18.
hooping-cough has proved the most fatal of this class of diseases; to it were attributed
deaths, an increase of 56 upon those returned in 1876—7. Thirteen deaths were
???ferred to fever, but, as in small-pox cases, many die in the Hospital. Deaths from
urrhœna have fallen from 63 to 54. This was probably owing to the coolness of the
miner. syphilitic poison has destroyed 14 infants, and damaged for life the constitutions
numbers more.

TABLE No 7.

1873-41874-51875-61876-71877-8
Table3562706361
Phthisis129136157110150
Hydrocephalus149171316