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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1881

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

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The following is a statement of all the deaths which occurred from various causes during the year:—

Zymotic3340
Dropsy,&c.127
Tuberculer4656
Nervous6046
Heart1811
Lungs7375
Digestive Organs814
Kidney73
Childbirth33
Joints, Bones, &c.....
Skin....
Malformation1..
Premature Birth186
Atrophy107
Old Age417
Suddenness1• •
Violence1615
Not specified....
TOTALS347290

Persons summoned under Sale of Pood and Drugs Act 7
Persons summoned for not removing nuisances 9
Persons summoned for disobeying order of Justices
to remove nuisances 4
Person summoned for having bad meat on his premises 1
FRUIT, &c., CONDEMNED AND DESTROYED.
6 Baskets of Cherries, 1 Basket of Onions, 4 Boxes of Pears,
94½ cwt. of Cabbage, 3½ cwt. of Onions, 42 cwt. of Beans, 21 cwt.
of Cucumber, 10½ cwt. of Cauliflower, 42 cwt. of Walnuts, 14 cwt.
of Apple Pulp, 155 cwt. of Potatoes, and 16 pieces of Meat.
I am,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
Stamford Street, S.E. ROBERT BIANCHI.
1882.