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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 Saviour's (Southwark) 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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General Statement of the causes of Deaths Registered in the year 1859
| EPIDEMICS. | OTHER CAUSES | Total columns A & B. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Typhus. | Total A | Consumption or Phthisis. | Diseases of Respiratory Organs. | Other causes. | Total B | ||
| In the Parish | 5 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 60 | 51 | 102 | 182 | 335 | 395 |
| Workhouse cases previously resident | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 40 | 69 | 71 |
| Hospital cases previously resident | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Parish totals | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 62 | 72 | 111 | 225 | 408 | 470 |
| Hospital cases from other Parishes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 109 | 126 | 126 |
| Grand totals | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 62 | 86 | 114 | 334 | 534 | 596 |