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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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CHRISTCHURCH PARISH.
Paviors' Work—
4423 yards super. Carriage-way relaid and grouted.
2216 „ „ new 4x9 Aberdeen.
347 „ „ new 4x7 ditto
2395 „ „ Concrete put in.
1438 feet of block Channel reset.
3414 „ new 10x10 block Channel.
Masons' Work—
16400 feet super. Paving relaid.
1800 „ ditto new squared and relaid.
4800 „ Kerb redressed and reset.
175 „ circular Kerb, new.
Saxitart Works—
22 applications for House Drainage, under which
26 houses Ac. have been drained.
175 feet new Pipe Sewer.
10 new Gullies.
18 Cesspits reconstructed.
The foot and enrriagu-wuy pavements have been made good
after removals and alterations of gas and water pipes, in 987
cases.
39 Licences to put up scaffolds and hoardings have been issued,
and the paving, &c. relaid and made good.
Many of the Brick Sewers and the whole of the Pipe Sewers
have been several times Hushed by water direct from the river,
or by water-carts.
The whole of the Macadamized Roads and Streets have been
repaired as required, with old materials from stone-yard and
other places.
TH0: GREENSTREET, Surveyor.
SAINT SAVIOUR'S DISTRICT.—Population at Census, 1871, 30.250.
Statement of Deaths Registered in the 52 weeks ending 31st December, 1871, and a comparison with the Mortality of the
Year 1870.
| Under 1 year. | 1 year and under 20. | 20 years and under 40. | 40 years and under 60. | 60 years and under 80. | 80 years and upwards. | Totals. | Grand Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F: | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| In the District | 104 | 98 | 102 | 93 | 61 | 47 | 55 | 48 | 42 | 64 | 3 | 12 | 367 | 362 | 729 |
| In the Workhouse | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | t | 53 | 7 | 15 | .. | 87 | 12 | 99 |
| In Guy's Hospita | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 6 | . . | 1 | . . | 3 | . . | . . | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Totals | 107 | 99 | 104 | 95 | 66 | 54 | 6f | 51 | 95 | 74 | 18 | 12 | 455 | 385 | 840 |
| Increase ........ | 5 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 68 | 35 | 103 | |||
| Decrease ........ | 1 | 10 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . c | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
Mortality of the St. Saviours District compared with the South Districts and the whole of London.
| St. Saviour's District | Population. | epidemics. | OTIIEK CAUSES. | Mortalityh per 1000 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Measles | Scarlet Diph-Fever. theria. | Hooping Cough. | Typlin*. Typhoid,& Contlii' «J k'evrr. | Diarrhoea. | Cholera | Total A. | Total B. | Grand Total. | ||||
| 30,250 | 65 | 12 | 20 | . . | 20 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 157 | 683 | 840 | 27-7 | |
| South Districts | 967,602 | 2,348 | 430 | 680 | 92 | 593 | 492 | 1,159 | 64 | 5.858 | 17,521 | 23,379 | 241 |
| London | 3,254,260 | 17,876 | 1,431 | 1,896 | 313 | 2,299 | 1,746 | 3,894 | 221 | 19,676 | 60,666 | 80,332 | 24-7 |