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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1877
[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 31 st December, 1877.
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.
In the District
204
191
67
110
70
9
651
In the Workhouse
1
4
21
49
12
87
Totals
205
191
71
131
119
21
738
General Statement of the Causes of Deaths Registered in the Year 1877.
EPIDEMICS.
Total
Epidemics.
Violence.
Inquests.
Other
Causes.
Totals.
Small Pox.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Hooping
Cough.
Enteric, or
Typhoid
Fever.
Simple, or
Continued
Fever.
Diarrhoea.
Cholera.
Syphilis.
Christchurch
5
11
4
1
6
3
••
8
••
3
41
20
35
292
388
St. Saviour
7
38
4
1
12
1
••
8
••
1
72
11
16
251
350
Totals
12-
49
8
2
18
4
••
16
••
4
113
31
51
543
738
COMPARISON OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Births.
Deaths.
Christchurch
M.
273
M.
238
F.
230
F.
150
503
388.
Excess of Births, 115.
St. Saviour
M.
278
M.
177
F.
271
F.
173
549
350.
Excess of Births, 199.
1,052
738
excess of Births, 314.