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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) 1890

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

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COMPARISON OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Christchurch. St. Saviour.
births. deaths. births. deaths.
Males 201 164 Males 230 145
Females 217 128 Females 234 134
Totals 418 292 Totals 464 279
Excess of Births 126 Excess of Births 185
Total Births 882
Total Deaths 571
Total excess of Births 311
Inquests.
In the year under notice Inquests were held on 40 bodies,
and the following verdicts returned:—
Convulsive Fit 2
Phthisis 1
Suffocation 9
Atrophy 1
Apoplexy 3
Drowned 6
Rupture of Aneurism of Aorta 2
Bronchitis and Rickets 1
Syncope 1
Uræmic Poisoning 1
Shock 1
Heart Disease 1
Meningitis 1
Accident 1
Chronic Bronchitis and Heart Disease 1
Found dead 1
Chronic Bright's Disease 1
Acute Pneumonia 1
Fracture of Skull 1
Epileptic Fit 1
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