Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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Table of the Mortality in Rotherhithe, from March 25th, 1864, to March 24th, 1865.
DISEASES. | Under 2 Years | 2 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 20 | 20 to 30 | 30 to 40 | 40 to 50 | 50 to 60 | 60 to 70 | 70 to 80 | 80 to 90 | 90 to 100 | |
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Inquests | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
Fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 10 |
Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Scarlatina | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Hooping Cough | 8 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Bronchitis | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 14 |
Pneumonin | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
Phthisis | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | |
Croup | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Asthma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
Heart Disease | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | ||
Liver Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Stomach Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
Perforation of tho Bowels | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Meningitis Cerebritiss | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
Acute Hydrocephalus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Chronic Hydrocuphalus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Convulsions | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
Paralysis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Apoplexy | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Diseased Kidney | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
Diseased Uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Dentition | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Dropsy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Pyæmia | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
Marasmus | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Inanition | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Congenital Debility | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Decay of Nature | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
Cancer | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 8 | |
43 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 147 |