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Rotherhithe 1897

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

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Table of DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the St. Saviour (Metropolitan) District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
Names of Localities adopted
or the purpose of these Statistics;
Public Institutions being shown as
separate localities.
Mortality from all Causes
at subjoined Ages.
(i)
Mortality from Suboined Causes, Distinguishing Deaths of children Under
Five Years of Age.
At all ages.
Under 1 year.
1 and under 5.
5 and under 16.
16 and under 25.
25 and under 65.
65 and upwards.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Smallpox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria.
Membranous
Croup
Typhus.
Fevers
Puerperal.
Cholera.
Erysipelas.
Meales.
Whooping
Cough.
Diarrhœa &
Dysentery.
Rheumatic
Fever.
Phthisis.
Bronchitis,
Pneumonia,
& Pleurisy.
Heart
Disease.
Influenza.
Injuries.
All other
Diseases.
! Total.
Enteric or
Typhoid.
Continued
Relapsing
(a.)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
St. Saviour
192
67
40
5
3
59
18
Under 5
5 upwds.
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...
2
...
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...
...
14
6
10
...
...
29
...
...
5
41
107
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...
1
1
...
...
...
17
15
11
...
10
30
85
Christchurch
222
64
41
5
5
72
35
Under 5
5 upwds.
...
2
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
13
5
9
...
...
22
1
...
...
50
105
...
•••
1
...
...
1
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...
20
25
16
...
10
44
117
Do. Workhouse
11
...
...
...
...
1
10
Under 5
5 upwds.
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2
4
...
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5
11
Totals
425
131
81
10
8
132
63
Under 5
5 upwds.
...
2
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
27
11
19
...
...
51
1
...
5
91
212
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
37
42
31
...
20
79
213
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.
203
21
27
7
14
85
49
Under 5
5 upwds.
...
4
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
4
6
...
4
23
48
...
1
1
...
...
1
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...
40
17
19
...
12
64
155
Deaths occurring within the district
among persons not belonging
thereto.
24
1
...
1
3
10
9
Under 5
5 upwds.
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1
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1
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1
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2
3
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15
3
23