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St George (Southwark) 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]

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Removal of Nuisances.
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REMOVAL OF NUISANCES.

TABLE No. 9 —DEATHS Registered in Saint George the Martyr, Southwark, during the Year ending March 27th, 1880.

CAUSES OF DEATH.ALL AGES.AGES.
M.F.T.Under 1—1.—2.—3.—4.—All under 55.—10.-15.-All under 2020.—40.—60 —80 and upwards.
All Causes.
I. Zymotic14012626688473726212193034374231
II. Dropsy, &c.101424......1......12...1341051
III. Tubercular97811783418845694581753372...
IV. Brain and Nerves948618074191362114516121123182
V. Heart, &c.1837551133210521881712...
VI. Lungs, &c.1761863629354281261931116182554657
VII. Digestive Organs292958136......120511781310...
VIII- Kidneys, &c.10616.........1...1......112642
IX. Childbirth &c....66.................................6......
X. Joints, Bones, &c.1...1.....................1...1............
XI. Skin, &c.............................. ......................
XII. Malformation4154...........41......1............
XIII. Premature Birth and Debility252146331111...46........................
XIV. Atrophy30336352541163........................
XV. Old Age162339................... ................2910
XVI. Sudden..................................................
XVII. Violence, Privation, &c.2421452621...130............465...
XVIII. Not Specified1...11............1........................
I. Small-pox...111............1........................
Measles17143187733283......3............
Scarlatina42438591516121264182121............
Whooping cough344175281712756951..6............
Croup7295211...9........................
Thrush2...211.........2........................
Diarrhœa18927222.........24...............21...
Dysentery...................................................
Cholera...................................................
InfluenzaI121............1..................1...
Scurvy and PurpuraI121............1.....................1
Ague...................................................
Remittent Fever...11..................1......1............
Infantile...................................................
Typhus „358.........1...12...243.........
Metria...................................................
Rheumatism2...2........................111.........
Erysipelas1232......1...3........................
Pyæmia1...11............1........................
Syphilis641091.........10........................
Noma1...1....................................1...
Diphtheria426...211151......1............
Hydrophobia...................................................
II. Haemorrhage1...1.................................1......
Dropsy134..................2...13..1......
Dbscess...................................................
Ulcers...................................................
Fistula...................................................
Mortification123......1......1...............11...
Cancer5914..............................3371
Gout2..2..............................11......
III. Scrofula661224......281214............
Tabes Mesenterica24204422862242114............
Phthisis6149110222219126953372...
Spasmodic Croup123...3.........3........................
Hydrocephalus54981.........9........................
IV. Cephalitis18234116862...322...57...11...
Apoplexy91524..............................41181
Paralysis8311..............................173...
Delirium Tremens...................................................
Chorea...................................................
Epilepsy347.........213...1122.........
Tetanus...................................................
Insanity336..................1......1311
Convulsions453277581161...76............1.........
Disease of Brain, &c.8614....11132.....2..45...

During the year kit of Plaice, 4 trunks of Haddocks, 2 Barrels of Oysters, and
£ barrel of Apples were seized and destroyed, as unfit for human food.