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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 POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,
coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the St. Saviour, Southwark (Metropolitan) District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Names op Lo-caltties 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 Sicxness in each Locality coming TO The Knowledge Of THE MEDICAL Officer Of HEALTH. | Number of Such Cases Removed from their Homes In The SEVERAL LOCALITIES FOR TREATMENT IN Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1896 | 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. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fever. | Cholera | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (a.) | (b.) | (c.) | (d.) | (e.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Saviour | 13898 | 12301 | 379 | Under 5 | ... | 44 | 20 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 38 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 50 | 19 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 1 | 4ft | 0 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Christchurch | 13264 | 13064 | 398 | Under 5 | ... | 20 | 30 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 90 | 94 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 5 upwds. | 3 | 22 | 24 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | ... | ... | 3 | 21 | 12 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Do. Workhouse | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| 5 upwds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Totals | 27162 | 25365 | 777 | Under 5 | ... | 70 | 50 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 58 | 38 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds | 4 | 72 | 36 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 34 | ... | ... | 4 | 69 | 21 | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||