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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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PUBLIC ANALYSTS REPORT.
Gentlemen,
Table of DEATHS during the Year 1895, in the St. Saviour, Southwark (Christchurch) District, classified according to Diseases,
Ages and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted or the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all Causes at subjoined Ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25, | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough.. | Diarrhœa & Dysentery. | Rhemmuace Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a.) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christchurch | 237 | 79 | 43 | 3 | 9 | 73 | 30 | Under 5 | … | … | 1 | 1 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | ... | 2 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 122 |
| 5 upwds. | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | … | … | ... | … | … | … | … | 17 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 115 | ||||||||
| Do. Workhouse | 10 | … | … | … | … | 2 | 8 | Under 5 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| 5 upwds. | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | ... | ... | … | … | … | … | 2 | 1 | … | … | 7 | 10 | ||||||||
| Totals | 247 | 79 | 43 | 3 | 9 | 75 | 38 | Under 5 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | ... | 2 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 122 | |
| 5 upwds. | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 17 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 125 | |||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in Judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 136 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 42 | Under 5 | … | 3 | 6 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | … | 1 | 3 | … | … | … | 12 | 27 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 1 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 32 | 20 | 13 | … | 3 | 40 | 109 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 14 | … | … | … | 2 | 4 | 8 | Under 5 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| 5 upwds | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 2 | 1 | … | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||||||||
The samples of Bread, Lard, Mustard, Pepper and Vinegar
were all genuine and call for no remarks.
Brandy.—All four samples were genuine and above the
statutory strength, being respectively 10½°, 22¼°, 23° and 23½°
under proof.
Butter.—Twenty-one samples were genuine; two were
adulterated—containing in one case 50 per cent. of margarine
and in the other case consisting entirely of margarine.
Coffee.—Three samples were genuine and three adulterated.
The latter contained chicory to the extent of 30 per
cent., 45 per cent. and 60 per cent. respectively.