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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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INQUESTS-ST. SAVIOUR.
| No. | Sex. | Age. | Verdict. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | m. | 2 dys. | Accidentally suffocated in bed. |
| 2 | f. | 34 yrs. | Valvular disease of heart, accelerated by cold weather. |
| 3 | m. | 70 „ | Bronchitis. Fatty heart. Syncope. |
| 4 | m. | 60 „ | Bronchitis. Influenza. Syncope. |
| 5 | m. | 70 „ | Chronic laryngitis. |
| 6 | f. | 13 mos. | Inflammation of the brain, caused by accidental fall. |
| 7 | m. | 34 yrs. | Found drowned. |
| 8 | m. | 9 „ | Drowned by falling off barge while at play. |
| 9 | m. | 64 „ | Apoplexy. |
| 10 | m. | 52 „ | Found drowned. 4 |
Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to
the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1895, in the St. Saviour, Southwark (ST. SAVIOUR) District; classified
according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
Names of Localities
adopted
for the purpose of
these Statistics;
Public Institutions
being shown
as separate localities.
Population at
all Ages.
Registered Births.
Aged
under 5
or
over 5.
New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming
to the knowledge of the medical
Officer of Health.
Number of such Cases Removed from there Homes
in the several localities for treatment in
Isolation Hospital.
Census
1891.
Estimated
to middle of
1895.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Smallpox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria.
Membranous
Croup
Fever.
Cholera.
Erysipelas.
Smallpox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria.
Membranous
Croup.
Fevers.
Cholera
Erysipelas.
Typhus.
Enteric or
Typhoid.
Continued.
Relapsing.
Puerperal.
Typhus.
Enteric or
Typhoid.
Continued.
Relapsing.
Puerperal.
(a.)
(b.)
(c.)
(d.)
(e.)
st. Saviour
13,898
11,720
431
Under 5
…
12
7
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
1
…
…
…
9
7
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
5 upwds.
1
22
19
1
…
8
…
…
...
…
7
…
...
1
19
15
1
…
5
…
…
…
…
…
…
…