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.
REMOVAL OF NUISANCES.
IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT, Continued.
Mr. JOHN EDWARDS, Inspector.
Number
of Cases.
Apartments disinfected 51
Apartments cleansed find disinfected 18
Dust Bins provided or repaired 67
Yard Paving repaired 43
Houses cleansed throughout 167
Partial cleansing and colouring 143
Water Butts cleansed, repaired, or Now Butts or Cisterns set up 68
Service Pipes repaired 21
Sinks in Yards repaired and trapped 62
Pans in Water Closets cleansed, or New Pans provided 47
Roofs repaired 171
Drains opened and cleansed 87
Offensive Accumulations removed 17
Pain Water Gutters and Pipes provided or repaired 43
Water Closets repaired 17
Yards Limewashed 149
Supply of Water provided 41
Closet Drains trapped 8
Other Improvements 95
Fronts of Houses Lime washed 115
New Drains constructed 24
Cat Gut Promises inspected 2
Bone Boilers' Premises inspected 4
Horse Slaughterer's Promises inspected 1
Tallow Meltors' Premises inspected 2
Improved Ventilation 2
Overcrowding Cases 4
Slaughter Houses inspected 2
Cowsheds inspected 6
Disinfected in the Apparatus, Bedding, &c., lots 36
Houses Closed as unfit for human habitation 15
Total 1511
During the year ½ kit of Plaice, 2$ trunks of Haddocks, ½ barrel Oystors, 1 bushel of
Apples, and ½ box of Grapes wore seized and destroyed, as unfit for human food.
TABLE No. 9—DEATHS Registered in Saint George the Martyr, Southward, during the Tear ending March 25th, 1881.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | ALL AGES | AGES. | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | T. | Under 1— | 1.— | 2- | 3- | 4.— | All under 5 | 5.— | 10.— | 15.- | All under 20 | 20.— | 40.— | 60 — | 80 and tip-wards. | |
I. Zymotic | 150 | 138 | 288 | 111 | 58 | 31 | 24 | 14 | 238 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
II. Dropsy, &c. | 14 | 19 | 33 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 14 | 14 | ... | |
III. Tubercular | 116 | 85 | 201 | 39 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 84 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 51 | 32 | 7 | |
IV. Brain and Nerves | 94 | 95 | 189 | 75 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 109 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 25 | 2 | |
V. Heart, &c | 24 | 22 | 46 | 1 | ... | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 9 | ... | |
VI. Lungs, &c | 145 | 129 | 274 | 82 | 41 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 155 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 46 | 49 | 4 | |
VII. digestive Organs | 20 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | l | ||
VIII. Kidneys, &c | 7 | 3 | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | .. | ... | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||
IX. Childbirth, &c | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
X. Joints, Bones, &c. | 1 | ... | 1 | .. | .. | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
XI Skin, &c | ... | 1 | 1 | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||
XII. Malformation | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
I XIII. Premature Birth and Debility | 19 | 20 | 39 | 31 | 7 | 1 | ... | 39 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
XIV. Atrophy | 35 | 30 | 65 | 45 | 18 | ... | 1 | ... | 64 | ... | l | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
XV. Old Age | 12 | 13 | 25 | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | ... | ||||
XVI. Sudden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | .. | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ||
XVII. Violence, Privation, &c | 16 | 13 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | |
XVIII. Not Specified | ... | ... | .. | . | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||||||||
I. Small-pox | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | l | .. | .. | 2 | .. | l | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 20 | 13 | 33 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 33 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlatina | 30 | 24 | 54 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 11 | 1 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 18 | 18 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Croup | 6 | 6 | 12 | I | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | . | .. | |
Thrush | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 48 | 48 | 96 | 65 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | . | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scurvy and Purpura | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Remittent Fever | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Infantile ,, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus „ | 2 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | l | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Metria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .... | .. | .. |
Rheumatism | 5 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | l | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | ||
Pyæmia | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | |
Syphilis | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Noma | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
II. Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... |
Dropsy | 5 | 7 | 12 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | l | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | ... | ||
Abscess | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | ... | |
Ulcers | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | |
Fistula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .... | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | ... | |
Mortification | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | 2 | .. | |
Cancer | 6 | 11 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 7 | .. | |
Gout | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | 9 | ... |
III. Scrofula | 14 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 3 | .. | 5 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 23 | 15 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | ||||
Phthisis | 69 | 50 | 119 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 50 | 32 | 7 | 1 |
Spasmodic Croup | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | .., . | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Hydrocephalus | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
IV. Cephalitis | 25 | 20 | 45 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 2 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | |
Apoplexy | 9 | 22 | 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ... | 4 | 15 | 10 | 2 |
Paralysis | 10 | 7 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ... | 2 | 6 | 9 | .. |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .... | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epilepsy | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. |
Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Insanity | 5 | 3 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... |
Convulsions | 40 | 39 | 79 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | ... |
Disease of Brain, &c. | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... |