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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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 | 90to100 | Totals. |
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Inquests | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
Fever | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | -- | - | 10 |
Small Pox | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Measles | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Scarlatina | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Hooping Cough | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
Bronchitis | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Phthisis | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Croup | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Heart Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Liver Disease | . | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Stomach Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Meningitis Cerebritis and Acute Hydrocephalus | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
Convulsions | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
Paralysis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Apoplexy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Epilepsy | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Ramollissement of the Brain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Marasmus | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Inanition | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Want of Breast Milk | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Atrophy | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Lunacy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Gastroenteritis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Struma | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Puerperal | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Chronic Pleurisy | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Diseased Bladder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Congenital Debility | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Decay of Nature | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 8 |
Cancer | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Dysentery | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Peritonitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
51 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | - | 133 | |
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