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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St George (Southwark) 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]

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16 Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark,

Table: TABLE No. 4.

TABLE No. 4.

1891.births.deaths.
Quarter ending March601384
Quarter ending June546349
Quarter ending September541298
Quarter ending December454312

Table: TABLE No. 5.

TABLE No. 5.

1887—8.1888—9.1889—90.1890.891.
First QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth QuarterFirst QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth QuarterFirst QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth QuarterFirst QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth QuarterFirst QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth Quarter
Small Pox............................................................
Measles23116......11741325122132910411215
Scarlatina69153212...524......33...1...21
Diphtheria...363...35525......243214...7
Whooping Cough10102426165141212121818121414272336
Diarrhœa13411223124431311340111287
Typhus1......211...............11......1............

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Influenza was very prevalent again in the beginning of the year and ???
were 12 Deaths from it and its complications.
There have been 173 Bodies removed to the Mortuary' during the year and
114 Inquests have been held.