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Rotherhithe 1863

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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PARISH OF SAINT MARY, ROTHERHITHE.
18 6 4.
Churchwardens.
Mr. John Woodward Barrett, Ramsford-place, Plough-road.
Mr. Daniel Serle, James-place, Deptford-road.
Overseers of the Poor.
Mr. James Hurd, Princes-street.
Mr. William Henry Kelsey, Paradise-row.
Mr. Thomas William Clarke, Rotherhithe-wall.
Mr. Robert Allen, Union-road.
Valuer.
Mr. Charles Erwin, Walker-place, Deptford-road.
Assistant Valuers.
Mr. James Arnold, Church-passage.
Mr. John Woodward Barrett, Ramsford-place, Plough-road.
Mr. Edmond George Dannell, Bedford-place, Deptford-road.
Mr. William James Blake, St. Albyn-house, Deptford.
Vestry Clerk.
R. Shafto Hawks, 61, Paradise-street.
Parish Clerk.
Ebenezer Bradshaw, Eden-terrace, Paradise-row.
Sextoness.
Harriet Nowne, Princes-street.
Beadle.
Henry John Hambrook, Portland-place, Deptford-road.
Turncocks.
Edward P,aston 10, Riley-street, Bermondsey.
Richard Terry, 4, Ridgewell-road, Deptford.

Table: Table of the Mortality in Rotherhithe, from March 25th, 1863, to March 25th, 1864.

Table of the Mortality in Rotherhithe, from March 25th, 1863, to March 25th, 1864.

Under 2 years2 to 65 to 1010 to 2020 to 8030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070to8080 to 9090 to 100Total.
Inquest.31289535...1......37
Fever86276818131141...79
Small Pox57421121.........23
Measles24..............................6
Scarlatina10279........................46
Whooping Cough126...........................18
Diarrhoea10..................1......1...18
Diptheria1.................................1
Cholera...1..................1.........2
Bronchitis256...1......2779......57
Pneumonia183......442852...147
Phthisis52...513131362.........59
Croup andLaryngitis11............1...............3
Phthisis Laryngea..................1...............1
Lrygismus Stridulus1.................................1
HeartDisease............144...31...13
Cynanche Tonsillaris11..............................2
CerebralCongestion2...1...........................3
Apoplexy andParalysis.........1......261021123
MeningitisandAcuteHydrocephalus10512........................18
ChronicHydrocephalus11..............................2
Convulsions4041...........................45
Barnolissemcnt......1.........3...1...1...6
DeliriumTremens.....................2............2
Chronic Disease of StomachandBowels..................211.........4
Heamatemesis............1...1...............2
Tabes Mesenterica7.................................7
Dysentery1.................................1
Dyspepsia...........................1......1
Gastric irritation2.................................2
Hepatitis, Acute...............2621.........11
" Chronic.......................................
IntersuscetionoftheColon...1..............................1
Peritonitis...1...1........................2
PuperalFever............2.....................2
Haemorrage...............1..................1
Decay Natural........................61721145
Congenital Debility21.................................21
Schirrus andCancer...............13...............6
DiseaseoftheJoints......1.........1...............2
Spinal Diseases...1...1........................2
Disease oftheJaw...............1..................1
Marasmus01..............................7
Tuberculosis21...1........................4
Ovarian Dropsy..................1...............1
Pyaemia.........1........................1
Debility..................1...............1
Want ofBreastMilk8.................................8
Gout and Rheumatism............1......1............2
Purpura.........1.... ....................1
Remittent fever1.................................1
Dropsy...2...............1............3
lPhlegmon...1......11......1.........4
Albuminuria...1............1............2
Enphysemiae ofthe lungs...............1..................1
Antharax..................1...............1
congenital syphilis1.................................1
Epilepsy...............1..................1
Burns andScalds...1..............................1
Inunition..................1...............1
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