Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
DEATHS REGISTERED
IN
ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOIITHWARK,
DURING
THE TEAR ENDING APRIL 1 s t, 1 8 7 9.
TABLE No. 6.
CAUSES OF DEATH
ALL AGES.
AGES.
M.
F.
T.
Under 1—
1.—
2.–
3.–
4.—
5.—
10.—
15.—
20.—
40.—
60 —
80 and upwards.
I. Small-pox
3
8
11
2
..
1
..
2
2
1
..
3
..
..
..
Measles
10
18
28
5
11
8
5
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Scarlatina
36
17
53
3
11
9
6
6
12
..
..
1
..
..
..
Whooping Cough
47
44
91
31
30
17
9
5
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
Croup
2
4
6
..
1
2
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
Thrush
5
..
5
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Diarrhœa
53
49
102
60
26
5
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
3
2
Dysentery
..
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Cholera
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
Influenza
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Scurvy and purpura
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Ague
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Remittent Fever
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
Infantile
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Typhus
7
15
22
..
..
2
1
..
1
2
2
7
5
..
..
Metria
..
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
Rheumatism
2
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
Erysipelas
1
3
4
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
Pyæmia
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Syphilis
5
2
7
6
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Noma
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Diphtheria
5
8
13
3
2
1
2
1
3
1
..
..
..
..
..
Hydrophobia
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
II. Hæmorrhage
1
3
4
2
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
Dropsy
3
4
7
1
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
3
1
..
Abscess
..
2
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Ulcers
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Fistula
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Mortification
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
Cancer
2
10
12
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
5
4
..
Gout
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
III. Scrofula
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Tabes Mesenterica
33
20
69
4
15
5
..
..
1
1
..
..
1
..
..
Phthisis
77
53
130
1
3
..
1
1
4
2
8
56
42
..
..
Spasmodic Croup
2
3
5
1
3
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Hydrocephalus
2
6
8
4
2
t
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
IV. Cephalitis
2
7
9
1
3
1
..
..
..
2
1
..
..
..
..
Apoplexy
15
14
29
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
9
17
1
Paralysis
7
4
11
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
7
2
1
Delirium Tremens
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Chorea
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Epilepsy
4
2
6
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
4
1
..
Tetanus
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Insanity
1
9
2
5
2
Convulsions
62
56
118
80
17
11
5
..
2
1
2
..
..
..
Disease of Brain, &c.
29
24
53
8
11
C
7
1
10
2
o
2
4
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