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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Rotherhithe 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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VESTRYMEN, AUDITORS, AND OFFICERS OF THE PARISH OF
ROTHERHITHE, SURREY,
Under the " Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855."
1866.
Vestrymen.
Rev. Edward Blick, Rectory, Church-street.
Mr. Daniel Serle, James-place, Deptford Lower-road.}Churchwardens.
Mr. William James Blake, St. Albyn-house, Deptford. } to go out office in
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 IIedgecock Jenkins^ Princes-street „
Mr. J ames 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. Thomas William Clarke, Rotherhithe-wall „
Mr. Edmund George Dannell, Bedford-place 1869
Mr. Edward Talbot, Walker-place, Lower-road „
Mr. John Bulmer, Stanley-terrace, Lower-road „
Mr. William Caston, Lower York-street „
Mr. Charles Erwin, Walker-place, Lower-joad „
Mr. Thomas Knigiit Tippett, Stringers-row, Lower-road „
Mr. John Cox, u Albion," Albion-street ,,
Mr. John Brownjohn Perks, Rotherhithe-wall „
Auditors of Accounts.
Mr. Bartholomew Robson, Lucas-street.
Mr. L uke Si \r, Crystal-terrace, New-road
Mr. Benjamin IIolman, u Plough " Plough-road.
Mr. Edward Hbkdle, Portland-terrace, Lower-road.
Mr. William Harris, Plough-road.
Officers of the Vestry
Robert Siiafto Hawks, and James John Stokes, Clerks, 61, Paradise-street.
William Murdoch, M.D., Medical Officer of Health, Culoden-house, Deptford-road.
George Li Surveyor of Sewers, 61, King William-street, City.
John Kelsey, Surveyor of Pavemeots, 72, Paradise-street.
William Mathew Marshall, Collector of Paving, Lighting, and Sewers Kates.
Rotherhithe-wall.
Edward Thomas, Clerk of the Works, Brunswick-terrace, Lower-road.
Joseph John Zanders, Sanitary Inspector and Street Keeper, Goldsworthy-place.
Representative at the Metropolitan Board of Works
Thomas Turer, Esq., Guy's Hospital, Southwark.
| 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 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Small Pox | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | 3 |
| Measles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Hooping Cough | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| Diarrhœa | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Bronchitis | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 18 |
| Pneumonia | 8 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| Phthisis | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| Hæmoptysis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cynanche Maligna | 1 | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Heart Disease | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Cyanosis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Liver Disease | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Peritonitis & Inflammationof the Bowels | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | —_ | — | 4 |
| Meningitis, Cerebritis and Acute Hydrocephalus | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Softening of the Brain | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Convulsions | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | — | —_ | —_ | — | — | — | —_ | — | 10 |
| Paralysis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Apoplexy | — | —, | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Albumenuria | — | — | — | —_ | —_ | — | 1 | —_ | — | — | —_ | —_ | 1 |
| Carbuncle | — | — | — | —_ | —_ | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Scalds and Burns | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dentition | 1 | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | 1 |
| Dropsy | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | |
| Marasmus | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Inanition | 1 | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | 1 |
| Congenital Debility | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Want of Breast Milk | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Decay of Nature | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | 3 | — | 11 |
| 51 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | — | 142 |