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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) 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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CHRIST CHURCH.
| first quarter. | second quarter. | third quarter. | fourth quarter. | total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zymotic Diseases | 5 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 50 |
| Dropsy, &c | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tubercular Diseases | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| Nervous do | 12 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 49 |
| Heart do | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| Lungs | 24 | 20 | 10 | 23 | 77 |
| Digestive Organs | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| Kidney | 2 | 2 | 1 | • • | 5 |
| Childbirth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Joint, Bones, &c | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Skin | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Malformation | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Premature Birth | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| Atrophy | 3 | 3 | 5 | .. | 11 |
| Old Age | 9 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 |
| Suddenness | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Violence | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Not Specifie | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 77 | 103 | 80 | 80 | 340 | |
| ST. SAVIOUR'S. | |||||
| first quarter. | second quarter. | third quarter. | fourth quarter. | total. | |
| Zymotic Diseases | 14 | 17 | 16 | 8 | |
| Dropsy, &c | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Tubercular Diseases | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 49 |
| Nervous do | 11 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 57 |
| Heart do | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Lungs | 22 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 84 |
| Digestive Organs | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| Kidney | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Childbirth | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
| Joints, Bones, &c | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Skin | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Malformation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Premature Birth | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 |
| Atrophy | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Old Age | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Suddenness | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Violence | 4 | 4 | .. | 5 | 14 |
| Not specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 83 | 85 | 81 | 80 | 329 | |
The deaths occurring under the head of epidemic or infectious
diseases in the parish of Christ Church were: measles 5, scarlet
fever 5, whooping cough 21, typhoid 1, simple fever 1, diarrhoea
14—total 50. And in the parish of St. Saviour's ,small-pox 1,
measles 11, scarlet fever 6, diphtheria 1, whooping cough 22,
diarrhoea 14—total 55.