London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

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) 1896

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: 5. Local.

5. Local.

Apoplexy641-
Convulsions410-2
Paralysis112-
Spinal Disease1--1
Brain57-9
6. Circulatory System1111321
7. Respiratory do.3836631
8. Digestive do.1610112
9. Urinary do.52—10
10. Glandular do.—1——
11. Bones and Joints--—1
12. Violence1213—13
13. Ill-defined1———
17619214212

Table: These figures include 29 deaths of non-residents which took place in the district, which may be tabulated as under:—

These figures include 29 deaths of non-residents which took place in the district, which may be tabulated as under:—

Constitutional diseases1
Diseases of circulatory system5
„ respiratory „5
„ digestive „1
„ nervous „1
Violence16

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Inquests were held on the bodies of 15 persons in St.
Saviour's sub-district, on 25 persons in Christchurch subdistrict,
and on 20 persons belonging to the district who died
without it, and the following verdicts were returned:—

Table: ST. SAVIOUR-SUB-DISTRICT.

ST. SAVIOUR-SUB-DISTRICT.

Sex.Age.Verdict.
M.65 yrs.Suicide by drowning while in unsound state of mind.
M.4 mo.Accidentally suffocated in bed.
M.26 yrs.Pound drowned.
M.6 „Accidentally suffocated in bed.