Report of the Committee for Scientific Inquiries in relation to the cholera-epidemic of 1854.

  • Great Britain. General Board of Health. Medical Council.
Date:
1855
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    Thied Series—continued. Table IV.—Of Mortality from Cholera, he—continued. Elevation Density. Mortality by in Feet Cholera and Diarrhoea above in the 1^ Years 1853^-1854 [SUB-DISTRICTS. Trhiity High- Persons to 10,000 persons living. water to an Acre. Cholera. Diarrhoea. Greenwich, East W - 7 10 62 54 Fulham w h - 6 6 59 25 St. Olave, Southwark H - - 6 107 163 26 Camberwell W - - - 5 13 120 37 Hammersmith, St. Peter- 4 22 83 12 Pecliham _ . - - 4 17 101 26 St. Nicholas, I!)eptford - - - 4 47 206 46 St. Margaret, Westminster TFHP 4 48 54 33 Kennington, 1st - St. Saviour, Southwark H - 4 53 135 37 4 127 208 73 Battersea W - 3 5 152 49 Poplar W - - - - 3 19 42 25 WTfitprlrtA T?rtnf1 1 cf — _ _ 3 155 49 23 St. John [St. George-in-the-East] W - 2 103 33 53 St. John [Westminster] HP - 2 132 63 28 Lambeth Church, 1st - 2 89 39 32 Waterloo l^oad, 2d - - - 2 129 78 36 Christchurch [Southwark] W - 2 169 75 29 St. John, Horsleydown W - 2 121 140 Borough Road WY - 2 244 167 47 Lambeth Church, 2d W 1 114 63 46 London Road [St. George, Southwark] - 0 159 71 21 JKotherhithe W - - - 0 20 171 64 Leather Market [Bermondsey] - 0 166 179 44 St. Mary Magdalen [Bermondsey] W - 0 98 169 47 St. Mary [Newington] - - - -1 87 74 11 St. James [Bermondsey] -1 42 201 2D Trinity [Newington] P - - -1 147 115 32 Kent lload _ - - _ -1 173 142 37 St. Peter, Walworth W - - -2 93 136 34 St. George [Camberwell] -3 37 94 28 Note.—The letters placed against names of sub-districts denote public institutions ■within their limits ; W stands for workhouse ; H, for hospital; L, lunatic asylum; P, prison ; w indicates a workhouse not belonging to the district, though situated therein. A minus sign (-) before the figures indicates that the level is below Trinity High-water Mark. The elevation of Eltham, Plumstead, Woolwich Dockyard, and Woolwich Arsenal has not been determined, the mortality from Cholera in 18534 to 1854 was respectively 12, 16, 12, and 43 to every 10,000 inhabitants, and the mortality from DisirhcEa was respectively 8, 22, 16, and 20. H