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St George (Southwark) 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]

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18
Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
TABLE No. 9.—Deaths Registered in Saint George the Martyr. South wark, during
Year ending 25th March, 1888.
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.—
All Causes,
I. Zymotic
171
153
324
93
88
89
12
22
274
33
4
1
38
3
4
II. Dropsy, &c
16
7
28
2
..
..
..
..
2
1
..
1
2
..
12
III. Tubercular
65
64
138
24
11
8
6
2
61
9
3
6
18
31
25
IV. Brain and Nerves
101
73
174
43
23
6
5
3
80
7
2
5
14
66
46
V. Hart, &c
33
31
64
1
..
..
..
..
1
6
3
2
11
7
26
VI. Lungs, &c
163
162
525
82
58
89
17
5
191
11
3
3
17
22
10
VII. Diegestive Organs
25
41
66
22
5
2
1
..
30
5
3
2
10
7
8
VIII. Kidneys, &c
13
13
25
..
..
1
2
..
3
4
1
..
5
3
5
IX. childbirth, &c
..
12
12
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
10
2
X. Joints, Hones, &c
1
2
3
..
..
..
1
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
1
XI. Skin, &c.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
XII. Malformation
..
2
2
2
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
• •..
..
..
..
XIII. Premature Birth and Debility
34
17
51
50
1
..
..
..
51
..
..
..
..
..
..
XIV. Atrophy
32
31
63
57
1
3
1
1
63
..
..
..
..
..
..
XV. Old Age
6
30
36
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
XVI. Sudden
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
XVII. Violence, Privation, &c.
19
13
32
19
1
..
..
..
20
3
1
1
5
1
2
XVIII. Not Specified
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
I. Small-pox
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Measles
40
85
75
12
26
15
11
5
69
6
..
..
6
..
..
Scarlatina
33
27
60
3
10
5
12
8
38
17
4
1
22
..
..
Whooping Cough
26
41
67
17
28
11
5
5
66
1
..
..
1
..
..
Croup
8
10
18
4
5
2
1
2
14
3
..
..
3
1
..
Thrush
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Diarrhœa
37
26
63
44
14
..
1
..
59
1
..
..
1
..
..
Dysentery
1
2
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
1
Cholera
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Influenza
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Scurvy and Purpura
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
....
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Itemittent Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Infantile
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Typhus „
3
..
3
..
1
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
1
1
..
Metria
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Rheumatism
5
..
5
..
..
..
..
1
1
1
..
..
1
..
3
Erysipelas
3
2
5
3
..
..
..
..
3
1
..
1
2
..
..
Pyæmia
5
..
5
2
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
1
1
Syphilis
4
6
10
6
1
1
1
..
9
1
..
..
1
..
..
Glanders
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Noma
3
2
5
..
1
1
1
..
..
1
1
..
2
..
..
Diphtheria
8
16
14
1
3
5
1
1
11
3
..
..
3
..
..
Hydrophobia
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
II. Hæmorrhage
2
..
2
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
1
..
..
Dropsy
..
5
5
1
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
1
2
..
..
Absoess
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Ulcers
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Fistulu
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Mortification
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Cancer
6
13
19
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
12
Gout
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
III. Serofula
17
11
28
7
5
5
5
1
23
4
..
..
4
..
1
Tabes Mesenterica
8
18
26
16
4
3
1
..
24
1
1
1
3
..
..
Phthisis
43
33
76
1
..
1
..
1
4
4
2
5
11
34
24
Spasmodic Croup
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Hydrocephalus
..
4
4
..
2
2
..
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
IV. Cephalitis
29
22
51
7
11
5
4
3
28
6
1
3
10
1
3
Apoplexy
9
12
21
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5
3
Paralysis
15
5
20
...
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6
6
Delirium Tremens
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chorea
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
1
4
Epilepsy
.1
2
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
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...
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...
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Tetanus
...
...
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Insanity
12
15
27
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
2
4
6
5
Cenvulsion
35
19
51
37
11
1
2
...
51
...
1
2
3
...
1
Diseases of Brain, &c.,
...
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