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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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.
| 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 | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inquests | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Scarlatina | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Hooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
| Diarrhœa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Bronchitis | 16 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | - | - | |||
| Pneumonia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | |||||
| Phthisis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Croup and Laryngitis | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Heart Disease | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | ||||
| Liver Disease | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Meningitis Cerebritis and Acute Hydrocephalus | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Stomach Disease | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Convulsions | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Apoplexy | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | |
| Paralysis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Hernia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Struma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Marasmus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dropsy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Inanition | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Haemorrhage from Bowels | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Abscess | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Peritonitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | - | 1 |
| Debility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | 1 | -_ | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulmonary Apoplexy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angina Pectoris | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diseased Bone | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dentition | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Laryngismus Stridulus | 1 | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Rheumatism | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Epilepsy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital Debility | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Natural Decay | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| Cancer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| 58 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 166 |