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Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
ANNUAL REPORT
MADE TO THE VESTRY
by the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING LADY DAY, 1879.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
In consequence of the death of your late Medical Officer, Dr. Bateson, taking place
on the 27th of February, and not being appointed [until the 8th of April, the annual
report which I now have to present to you must necessarily be very imperfect, as the
materials from which I have to compile it are of course incomplete,
I have however endeavoured to carry out the forms of your late Medical Officer, and I
trust that I shall be able to show you the rise and fall of the death rate during the different
periods of the year.
TABLE No. 1.
Years
1869-70
1870-1
1871-2
1872-3
1873-4
1874-5
1875-6
1876-7
1877-8
1878-9
Deaths
1740
1410
1444
1119
1256
1287
1393
1206
1283
1424
Excess of Births
249
655
499
997
828
880
777
893
900
829
During the year that ended March 29th, 2253 children were born alive and registered
in this district. Of these 1154 were males, and 1099 females. The excess of Births over
Deaths was 595 : 71 excess less than that of the previous year.
The Deaths registered during the same period were 1424, an excess of 141 over that
of the preceding year, giving a death rate of 25—0.