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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.—1898. 9
TABLE IV.
Sub-District.
Death-rate per 1,000.
1892 to 1898.
1898.
Borough Road
31.4
28.4
London Road
20.6
21.4
Kent Road
22.3
24.2
Hence we see the heavy death-rate in the Borough Road Sub-District has somewhat
decreased. During the past year the mortality in the Borough Road has been
7.0 over that of the London Road, and 4.2 over that of the Kent Road areas. The
period over which these figures extend—seven years—and the actual number of
deaths are both too small to allow of drawing any absolutely sound conclusions.
Nevertheless, it may be noticed that the mortality of the Borough Road Sub-District
is 95 higher than that of the thirty-three large English towns. Further, the figures,
so far as they extend, show that the excessive mortality of the Borough Road SubDistrict
is maintained from year to year, so that it appears to be due to inherent and
not to accidental causes.
The annual death-rate for 1898 has risen to 24.3, as against 236 in 1897. There
is still room for large and permanent reduction in the death-rate of St. George the
Martyr. Were it possible to eliminate the Borough Road Sub-District or to reduce
its mortality to a level with that of the other sub-districts, the condition of St. George
the Martyr, as a whole, would compare favourably with many districts much more
happily situated, both as regards density of population and general healthiness of
surroundings.
TABLE V.
Years.
St. George, Southwark.
London.
Death-rate per 1,000.
Death-rate per 1,000.
1841—50 inclusive
30
25
1851—60 „
27
24
1861—70 „
27
24
1871—80 „
25.2
22.4
1881—90 „
25.0
20.5
1892
25.2
20.3
1893
27.6
21.3
1894
23.9
17.7
1895
23.7
19.7
1896
22.9
18.2
1897
23.6
18.1
1898
24.3
18.7