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Rotherhithe 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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VESTRYMEN, AUDITORS, AND OFFICERS OF THE PARISH OF
ROTIIERHITHE, SURREY,
Under the " Metropolis Local Management 1855."
1866.
Vestrymen.
Rev. Edward Buck. M.A., Rectory, Church-street.
Mr. Daniel Serle, James-place, Deptford Lower-road. Churchwardens
Mr. William James Blake, St. Albyn-house, Deptford. To go out of office in
Mr. Samuel Tilley, Paradise-row 1866
Mr. Thomas William Clarke, Rotherhithe-wall „
Mr. John Brownjohn Perks, Rotherhithe-wall „
Mr. Charles Erwin, Walker-place, Deptford-road „
Mr. John Sanderson, Portland-terrace, Deptford-road „
Mr. John Cox, "Albion," Albion-street „
Mr. John Bulmer, " Yeoman," Chilton-street „
Mr. Robert Stranack. Paradise-row „
Mr. James Arnold, Church-passage 1867
Mr. Robert Talbot, Albion-street. „
Mr. Robert Newham, 381, Rotherhithe-wall „
Mr. James Douglas Cowan, Rotherhithe-wall „
Mr. John Hedgecock Jenkins, Princes-street „
Mr. James Ford, Rotherhithe-wall „
Mr. William Jonathan Smith, Claremont-house, Deptford-road „
Mr. James Robert Goodhew, Lower York-street ,,
Mr. William James Blake, St. Albyn-house, Deptford 1868
Mr. Robert Allen, Union-road „
Mr Edward John Cox, Albion-street „
Mr. Daniel Serle, James-place, Deptford-road ..... „
Mr. John Woodward Barrett, Ramsfort-place, Plough-road „
Mr. William Russell, Plough-road „
Mr. Richard French, Midway-terrace, Deptford-road „
Mr. William Durrant (resigned) „
Auditors of Accounts.
Mr. Bartholomew Robson, Lucas-street.
Mr. Richard Burcham, Paradise-row.
Mr. William Harris, Plough-road.
Mr. Luke Sear, Crystal-terrace, New-road.
Mr. Benjamin Holman, " Plough," Plough-road.
Officers of the Vestry.
Robert Shafto Hawks and James John Stokes, Clerks, 61, Paradise-street.
William Murdoch, M.D., Medical Officer of Health, Culoden-house, Deptford-road.
George Lego, Surveyor of Sewers, Gl, King William-street, City.
John Kelskv, Surveyor of Pavements, 72, Paradise-street.
William Matthew Marshall, Collector of Paving, Lighting, and Sewers Rates,
Rotherhithe-wall.
Joseph Bishop, Clerk of the Works, Paradise-row.
Joseph John Sanders, Sanitary Inspector and Street Keeper, Golds worth y-plarc.
Representative at the Metropolitan Board of Works.
B. L. Judkins, Esq., 71, Tooley-street, S.E.

Table: Table of the Mortality in Rotherhithe.Fourth Quarter, from December 25th,1864,to March24th,1865.

Table of the Mortality in Rotherhithe.

Fourth Quarter, from December 25th,1864,to March24th,1865.

Diseases.Under 2 years2 to 55 to 1010 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 to 8080 to 9090 to 100Totals.
Inquests2---1--1----4
Fever----111-1---4
Small Pox-1---11-----2
Measles11----------2
Scarlatina262---------10
Hooping Cough10-----------10
Diarrhœa1-----------1
Diphtheria--1---------1
Bronchitis164----1271--31
Pneumonia12-111--1---7
Phthisis1121155-----16
Croup and Laryngitis-2----------2
Heart Disease--1--2-34---10
Liver Disease--1----1----2
Meningitis Cerebritis and Acute Hydrocephalus41----------5
Stomach Disease-1----------1
Convulsions4-----------4
Apoplexy-----1-223--8
Paralysis--------1---1
Hernia--------2---2
Struma------1-----1
Marasmus1-----------1
Dropsy------1-----1
Inanition4-----------4
Haemorrhage from Bowels1-----------1
Abscess------1-----1
Peritonitis1----------_-1
Debility--------_1-_--1
Erysipelas-------------
Pulmonary Apoplexy-------------
Angina Pectoris-------------
Diseased Bone------------1
Diabetes----1-------1
Dentition1-----------1
Laryngismus Stridulus1-_----------1
Rheumatism--------1---1
Epilepsy-------1----1
Congenital Debility6-----------6
Natural Decay---------114117
Cancer------2-1---3
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