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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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