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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

Rotherhithe 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: N.B.—All the calculations of Birth and Death Rates are based on the Census return, but giving the corrected population as 40,400 for the year.

N.B.—All the calculations of Birth and Death Rates are based on the Census return, but giving the corrected population as 40,400 for the year.

Males.Females.Totals.
In the first quarter166158321
In the second quarter165147312
In the third quarter157147304
In the fourth quarter142176318
Totals for the year6306281258

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Deaths in the Parish of Non-Parishioners.
Males.
Females.
Total.
147
89
236
Of these, 181 were from Bermondsey; 12 from St. Olave's; 19 from St. John's; 2
drowned in river; 3 from Deptford; 2 from Camberwell; 2 from Stockholm; 2 from
Walworth; 1 from each of the following places :—East Greenwich, Durham, Brixton, North
Shields, Kingsland Road, Borough, Old Kent Road, Sunderland. Canning Town and Lincoln.
Birth Rate.
The Birth Rate per thousand per annum is 31.1.
Death Rate.
The Death Rate per thousand per annum is 18.8.
Uncertified Deaths.
Twenty deaths were uncertified. Twelve were of adults, and eight of infants. On all
these cases the Coroner stated that, in his opinion, an inquest was not necessary. In 1891
fifteen deaths were not certified. In 1892 nineteen. In 1893 seventeen. In 1894 twelve.
In 1895 eighteen. In 1896 thirteen.