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Rotherhithe 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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this depression of trade seemed to have a corresponding effect on the increase of population.
The rate of mortality is low, and may be compared without disadvantage with
some of the most healthy parishes in London, we have had a death rate as high as
22.19 per thousand, and as low as 17.14, the average for the seven years having been
about 2050 while that for all London has exceeded 23 per thousand.
On the present occasion, I have the pleasure of submitting to your notice, a very
satisfactory annual account of the condition of the parish, indicated by a low rate of mortality,
and a large increase in the number of births ; the number of deaths has not
materially diminished, but they are much less than usual in the epidemic class of diseases,
and as this kind of disease, is supposed to be more under human control than many
others, we may fairly ascribe to the sanitary measures employed, some success in
mitigating the intensity, and warding off the destructive effects of disease.
The Accounts of Messrs. Thomas William Clarke, and William Archer, the Churchwardens for the year 1872 and 1873, have been audited, and the following is a copy of the Charities Account:—
| To Balance received from late Churchwardens | 16 | 11 | 0 | ||
| „ Cash received, Plaistow Estate | 12 | 15 | 8 | ||
| „ „ Stratford Estate | 36 | 2 | 9 | ||
| „ „ Plaistow Estate | 12 | 15 | 8 | ||
| „ „ Stratford Estate | 36 | 2 | 9 | ||
| „ „ Smith's Charity | 45 | 12 | 0 | ||
| „ „ Bennett's Charity | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| „ „ Hill and Bell's Charity | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| „ „ Coat and Cloak Charity | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| „ „ Mrs. Embleton's Gift... | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
| £186 | 0 | 8 | |||
| By Cash paid for Bread,:— | |||||
| £ | s. | d. £ | s. | d. | |
| Kilian | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Kilian | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| sPry | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Spry | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Crowson | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Crowson | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Hohnen | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Baker | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Baker | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Crowson | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Kilian | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Bohringer | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Spry | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 140 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Treasurer of Charity School, Hill and Bell's Charity | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bennett's Charity, distributed in One Shilling Tickets | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Printing Tickets for ditto | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Coat and Cloak Charity distributed at Christmas | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mrs. Embleton's Gift ditto | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Surveyor's Fee | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 164 | 16 | 10 | |||
| Balance | 21 | 3 | 10 | ||
| £186 | 0 | 8 | |||
Fever. Four fatal cases were registered, one described as continued, two typhoid,
and one enteric.
Scarlatina caused thirteen deaths.
Small-pox, three.
Measles, four.
Whooping Cough occasioned twenty one deaths.
Diarrhoea. Thirty-three fatal cases were registered which are beyond the average
number and twenty-five of these cases were under two years of a^e.
Births. The registered births amount to one thousand and six, four-hundred and
ninetv-four males, and five-hundred and twelve females, this is the highest number
ever recorded for this parish, and exceeds that of the former year by one-hundred and
seventy-one, and the registered deaths by four-hundred and seventy-one. I lie Quarterly
return of births will he seen below.
Births.
From April 1, 1872, to June 30, 1872 ... ... • •• 257
„ July 1, „ „ September 30, 1872 ... ... 238
„ October 1,„ „ December 31, 1872 2.'3
„ January 1, 1873, to March 31, V873 ... ••• 278
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Deaths. Five hundred and seventy three deaths were registered, three bundled
and four Males, and two hundred and sixty nine Females.