Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 9b.
| Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or " Non-Residents " in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 | 2 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | St. Mary's Ward. | St. Paul's Ward. | St. Peter's District. | St. John's District. | Trinity Ward. | All Saints' District. | St. Michael's i Ward. | St. Jude's Ward. | St. George's Ward. | Christchurch Ward. | St. Saviour's Ward. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 1 Enteric Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 2 Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 Measles | 145 | 26 | 71 | 43 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 7 | |
| 4 Scarlet Fever | 14 | - | 3 | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 5 Whooping-cough | 129 | 39 | 51 | 36 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 Diphtheria and Croup | 41 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 17 | ||||
| 7 Influenza | 589 | 14 | 39 | 56 | 97 | 191 | 114 | 63 | 90 | 73 | 38 | 54 | 58 | 57 | 63 | 42 | 66 | 28 | 20 | 150 | |
| 8 Erysipelas | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 387 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 59 | 132 | 134 | 31 | 52 | 33 | 32 | 38 | 48 | 32 | 38 | 31 | 42 | 20 | 101 | |
| 10 Tuberculous Meningitis | 35 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 27 | ||||
| 11 Other Tuberculous diseases | 30 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | 28 | |
| 12 Cancer, malignant disease | 207 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 20 | 109 | 76 | 17 | 32 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 110 |
| 13 Rheumatic Fever | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||||
| 14 Meningitis | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 9 | ||||
| 15 Organic Heart disease | 247 | - | 2 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 89 | 101 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 32 | 22 | 1 7 | 10 | 78 | ||
| 16 Bronchitis | 428 | 36 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 111 | 233 | 54 | 32 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 51 | 24 | 43 | 27 | 20 | 209 | |
| 17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 163 | 70 | 95 | 74 | 30 | 25 | 64 | 66 | 39 | 52 | 26 | 42 | 53 | 45 | 48 | 60 | 31 | 57 | 21 | 28 | 134 |
| 18 Otherdiseas's of Respiratory organs | 18 | - | 2 | - | 6 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 19 Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 81 | 36 | 11 | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 20 Appendicitis & Typhlitis | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | 2 | _ | 9 | l | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 7 | |||||
| 2l AAlcoholism | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 158 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 11 | 67 | 76 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 97 |
| 23 Puerperal Fever | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| 24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 8 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 25 Congenital Debility and Mai formation,including Premature Birth | 134 | 125 | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 16 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 34 | |
| 26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 87 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 73 |
| 27 Suicide | 10 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| 28 Other defined diseases | 495 | 55 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 60 | 109 | 223 | 55 | 62 | 52 | 41 | 41 | 65 | 56 | 33 | 45 | 21 | 24 | 278 |
| 3757 | 429 | 299 | 288 | 196 | 236 | 565 | 850 | 894 | 476 | 368 | 340 | 379 | 356 | 359 | 445 | 289 | 364 | 204 | 177 | 1471 | |
Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 246
Illegitimate 36
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 32
Illegitimate Infants 6