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St George (Southwark) 1880

[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 AGESAGES.
M.F.T.Under 1—1.—2-3-4.—All under 55.—10.—15.-All under 2020.—40.—60 —80 and tip-wards.
All Causes.
I. Zymotic150138288111583124142382153298931
II. Dropsy, &c.141933......111311..2...1414...
III. Tubercular116852013925711284109726513271
IV. Brain and Nerves94951897514794109102...121526252
V. Heart, &c2422461......1..232279199...
VI. Lungs, &c1451292748241818615522...41646494
VII. digestive Organs20234311411...172..51082l
VIII. Kidneys, &c7310......1......1...........1251
IX. Childbirth, &c...77. ............................7.........
X. Joints, Bones, &c.1...1................1......1............
XI Skin, &c...11...... . .. . .........................1...
XII. Malformation333... . .......3........................
I XIII. Premature Birth and Debility1920393171......39........................
XIV. Atrophy3530654518...1...64...l...1............
XV. Old Age121325.................................13...
XVI. Sudden1122............2...................12
XVII. Violence, Privation, &c16132912411...181...12...53...
XVIII. Not Specified.............................................1
I. Small-pox1231...l....2..l..1........
Measles20133371177133................
Scarlatina302454911481042111..12........
Whooping Cough181836151351..342....2........
Croup6612I232192....21.....
Thrush..111........1................
Diarrhœa4848966516811911....1121..
Dysentery..................................
Cholera..11.........................1..
Influenza.....................................
Scurvy and Purpura1...1.........................1....
Ague.................................
Remittent Fever2..2........11..........1....
Infantile ,,...................................
Typhus „246............3l15..1....
Metria......................................
Rheumatism527...............l1241....
Erysipelas224..1......l1....1..11..
Pyæmia3251........1....11..2..1
Syphilis7613102......12..1..1........
Noma..11......1..1................
Diphtheria58131234..101....1......
Hydrophobia................................
II. Hæmorrhage.....................................
Dropsy5712......113..l..1..53...
Abscess...................................
Ulcers..................................
Fistula.....................................
Mortification112........................2..
Cancer61117.............1....197..
Gout2..2..........................9...
III. Scrofula141529683..52232161......
Tabes Mesenterica2315382092..4353....3..
Phthisis6950119431131247617503271
Spasmodic Croup2243..1.., ...4..............
Hydrocephalus831165......11................
IV. Cephalitis2520451385733642..62..1..
Apoplexy92231......................415102
Paralysis10717......................269..
Delirium Tremens....................................
Chorea......................................
Epilepsy325......................221..
Tetanus......................................
Insanity538.....................422...
Convulsions403979626221735....5....1...
Disease of Brain, &c.224............1.......1111...