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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) 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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The following is a statement of all the deaths from various causes which occurred during the year.
| CHRIST CHURCH. | ST. SAVIOUR'S. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from— | Deaths from— | ||
| Zymotic Diseases | 38 | Zymotic Diseases | 38 |
| Dropsy, &c. | 14 | Dropsy, &c. | 4 |
| Tubercular Diseases | 53 | Tubercular Diseases | 45 |
| Nervous do | 75 | Nervous | 59 |
| Heart do | 11 | Heart | 15 |
| Lungs | 87 | Lungs | 67 |
| Digestive Organs | 13 | Digestive Organs | 9 |
| Kidney | 9 | Kidney | 6 |
| Joints, Bones, &c. | 1 | Child-birth | 3 |
| Child-birth | 3 | Malformation | 1 |
| Malformation | 1 | Premature Birth | 19 |
| Premature birth | 17 | Atrophy | 8 |
| Atrophy | 4 | Old Age | 5 |
| Old Age | 30 | Suddenness | 1 |
| Suddenness | 1 | Violence | 9 |
| Violence | 11 | Skin | 1 |
| Total | 368 | Total | 290 |