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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1899

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

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Table: Table of DEATHS during the Year 1899, in the St. Saviour, Southwark (Metropolitan) District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities

Table of DEATHS during the Year 1899, in the St. Saviour, Southwark (Metropolitan) 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.Mortality from all Causes at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Agk.
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.12345678910111213141516171819202122
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea & Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy.Heart Disease.*Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a.)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
St. Saviour1786026654833Under 5...11........................639......18.........4886
5 upwds................1...........................132311...24292
Under 5.................................12310......19......23682
Christchurch19254294762365 upwds.....................................111213410...141110
Under 5..................................................................
Do. Workhouse3............125 upwds.................................................12.........3
Totals37311455101211171Under 5...11........................18619......37......284168
5 upwds................1.......... ... .11134B23...383205

Table: The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.

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.237293714129946Under 5...181..................1326...219......12367
5 upwds.......7...............1......2...463615...1548170
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.13......1282Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.................................................11......1113