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St George (Southwark) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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14 Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
There have been no cases of Smallpox.
Four Deaths Occurred from Scarlet Fever. 168 from Bronchitis. The
greatest number was 44 in children under one year. There were 142 deaths from
Pneumonia. Sj| '
Table No. 1 shows the number of deaths and excess of births.
TABLE No. 1.
Years
1882-3
1883-4
1884-5
1885-6
1886-7
1887-8
1888-9
1889-90
1890
1891
Deaths
1275
1213
1270
1240
1253
1368
1257
1132
1256
1341
Excess of Births
932
1053
958
920
1021
825
866
960
649
748
TABLE No. 2.
1887-8
1888-9
1889-90
1890
1891
Bronchitis
177
189
172
181
168
Pneumonia
136
112
112
133
142
The number of Deaths in the Sub-districts is as under:—
TABLE No 5.
Sub-districts.
Population
in
1881.
Population
in
1891.
Number of
Deaths in
1888-9
Number of
Deaths in
1889-90.
Number of
Deaths in
1890.
Number
Deaths in
1891.
Kent Road
21383
21807
417
392
394
802
Borough Road
15951
16624
436
416
410
600
London Road
21318
21221
404
324
452
740
Total
58652
59652
1257
1132
1256
2142