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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) 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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Table of deaths during the Year 1896, in the St. Saviour (Metropolitan) 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. | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Fevers. | Puerperal. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœ & Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||
| Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a.) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Saviour | 176 | 54 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 63 | 17 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | ... | ... | 22 | 1 | ... | 1 | 34 | 83 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 93 | |||||||||
| Christchurch | 192 | 79 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 28 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 10 | ... | ... | 19 | ... | ... | 4 | 59 | 104 |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | . .. | ... | 18 | 14 | 11 | ... | 9 | 33 | 88 | |||||||||
| Do. Workhouse | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 11 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | 14 | ||||||||
| Totals | 3S2 | 133 | 54 | 9 | 10 | 120 | 56 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | 10 | 16 | ... | ... | 41 | 1 | ... | 5 | 93 | 187 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35 | 35 | 23 | ... | 120 | 73 | 195 | ||||||||||
| 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. | 212 | 30 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 91 | 41 | Under 5 | ... | 3 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 | 10 | 1 | ... | 4 | 27 | 68 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39 | 20 | 18 | ... | 9 | 54 | 144 | |||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 29 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | Uuder 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 29 | |||||||||