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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]

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SAINT SAVIOUR'S DISTRICT—Population at Census, 1871, 30,250. Area in Statute Acres, 203.
Statement of Deaths Registered in the 52 weeks ending 2 6th December, 1874.
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.
Total.
In the District
187
161
76
124
90
16
654
In the Workhouse
1
6
9
47
10
73
Totals
188
161
82
133
137
26
727
General Statement of Causes of Deaths Registered in the Year 1874.
EPIDEMICS.
Total
Epidemics.
All
other
Causes
Total.
Pyœmia.
Erysipelas.
Measles.
!
Scarlet
Fever.
Typhus &
Typhoid.
Rheumatic
Fever.
Infantile
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Hooping
Cough.
Diarrhoea
Syphilis.
Dysentery.
Croup.
Christchurch
2
1
3
8
4
2
1
1
5
18
4
• •
5
54
345
399
St. Saviour
3
5
11
3
1
6
16
2
• •
3
50
278
328
Totals
5
1
8
19
7
2
1.
2
11
1
co '
6
• •
8
104
623
727
Increase
3
..
..
14
5
2
1
• •
..
..
4
• •
6
35
..
35
Decrease
• •
3
22
• •
• •
• •
• •
1
6
2
• •
1
• •
35
32
67
Result.— Epidemics equal to 1873. Decrease in other Causes, 32.
COMPARISON OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Births.
Deaths.
M. 283
M. 222
F. 266
F. 177
549
399
M. 250
M. 167
F. 245
F. 161
495
328
1,044
727 = excess of Births, 317.
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