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Rotherhithe 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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PARISH OF SAINT MARY, ROTHERHITHE.
1865.
Churchwardens.
Mr. Daniel Serle, James-place, Deptford-road.
Mr. William James Blake, St. Albyn-house, Deptford.
Overseers.
Mr. Robert Allen, Union-road.
Mr. Thomas William Clarke, Rotherhithe-wall.
Mr. Edward John Cox, Albion-street.
Mr. William Archer, Church-street.
Valuer.
Mr. Charles Erwin, Walker-place, Deptford-road.
Assistant Valuers.
Mr. Edmond George Dannell, Bedford-place, Deptford-road.
Mr. William James Blake, St. Albyn-house, Deptford.
Mr. James Arnold, Church-passage.
Mr. William Jonathan Smith, Claremont-house, Deptford-road^
Vestry Clerk.
Robert Shafto Hawks, 61, Paradise-street.
Parish Clerk.
Ebenezer Bradshaw, Eden-terrace, Paradise-row.
Church Keeper.
Mrs. Hannah K. Small, Princes-street.
Beadle.
Henry John Hambrook, Portland-place.
Turncocks.
Edward Easton, 10, Riley-street, Bermondsey.
Charles Sharpe, 5, Victoria-terrace, Victoria-road, Deptford.
| Diseases | Under 2 year | 2 to 6 | 6 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 | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inquests | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 34 |
| Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 34 |
| Small Pox | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Measles | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | |
| ???latina | 2 | 11 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Dirrhœa | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| Diptheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Bronchitis | 38 | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | - | 74 |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 6 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 34 |
| Pthisis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 46 |
| Asthma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary Apoplexy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Heart Disease | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | 21 |
| Urina Pectoris | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Lyrup and Laryngitis | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| ???yngismus Stridulus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Chronic Affection of the Throat | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| ???ingitis Cerebritis and Acute Hydrocephalus | 9 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Chronic Hydrocephalus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apoplexy | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 14 |
| Paralysis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| ???nolissement | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| ???vulsions | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 |
| Depsy | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| ???acy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| ???er Disease | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| ???psy | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Stomach Disease | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Elementery | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| ???tonitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| ???nia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Hæmorrhage from the Bowels | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| ???foration of the Bowels | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| ???es Mesenterica | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| ???troenteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Puerperal | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Diceased Kidney | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Diceased Bladder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diceased Uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| ???trophy | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Marasmus | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| ???ama | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| ???nition | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| ???nt of Breast Milk | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| ???atition | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| ???mia | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| ???philis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cancer | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 10 |
| ???sipelas | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 5 |
| ???eurnatism | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| ??? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Spinal Disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| ???bility | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| ???seased Bone | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | - | - | 1 | ||
| Congenital Debility | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 |
| ??? and Decay | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 2 | |
| 205 | 73 | 18 | 23 | 32 | 41 | 44 | 42 | 56 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 592 |