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St George (Southwark) 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
TABLE No. 1.
Years
1878-9
1879-80
1880-1
1881-2
1882-3
1883-4
1884-5
1885-6
1886-7
18???
Deaths
1424
1315
1256
1276
1275
1213
1270
1340
1253
1???
Excess of Births
829
916
967
938
932
1053
958
920
1021
???
43 Deaths occurred in Bethlem Hospital, 88 in the Evelina Hospital, and 7 ???
Workhouse.
The Deaths from Bronchitis wore tho same as last year 177; and from Pneu???
136, an excess of 57.
TABLE No. 2
1883-4
1884-5
1885-6
1886-7
1887-8
Bronchitis
176
169
807
177
177
Pneumonia
77
83
93
99
136
The number of Deaths that occurred in the sub-districts is as tinder, that???
Borough Road being tho highest, which occurred in tho first and second quarters.
TABLE No. 3.
Sub-districts.
Population
in 1871.
Population
in 1881.
Number of
Deaths in
1886—7.
Number of
Deaths in
1887-8.
Kent Road
20421
21383
467
435
Borough Road
16695
15951
374
470
London Road
18961
21318
412
463
Total
56077
58632
1253.
1368