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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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PARISH OF ST. MARY, ROTHERHITHE.
1866.
Churchwardens.
Mr. Daniel Serle, James-place, Deptford-road.
Mr. William James Blake, St. Albyn-house, Deptford.
Overseers.
Mr. Edward John Cox, Albion-street.
Mr. William Archer, Church-street.
Mr. Henry Ives, Paradise-row.
Mr. James Clench, Paradise-row,
Valuer.
Mr. Charles Erwin, Walker-place, Deptford-road.
Assistant Valuers.
Mr. James Arnold, Church-passage.
Mr. William Jonathan Smith, Claremont-house, Lower-road.
Mr. Edmond George Dannell, Bedford-place, Lower-road.
Mr. John Bulmer, 1, Stanley-terrace, Lower-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, Paradise-street.
Turncocks.
Edward Easton, 10, Riley-street, Bermondsey.
Charles Sharfe, 5, Victoria-terrace, Victoria-road, Deptford.
| Disease | Under 2 years | 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 | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ???scts | 9 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 54 |
| 2 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 17 | |
| ??? pox | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| ???sles | 14 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 |
| ???latina | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| whooping cough | 20 | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 |
| ???rhœa | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 28 |
| ???chitis | 27 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | — | 3 | — | 60 |
| ???nmonia | 14 | 7 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 29 | |
| ???phisis | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 70 |
| ???arisy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???ynoptysis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???heria | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| ???inoptysis | — | —— | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Canche Maligna. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???rt Maligna | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 15 |
| ???nosis | — | 1 | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???er Disease | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 |
| ???mach Disease | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Pitonitis & Inflammation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| ??? of the Bowels | |||||||||||||
| ???es Mesenterica | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| ???cingitis, Cerebritis and Acuteb Hydrocephalus | 7 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| ???lening of the Brain . | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| ???anulsions | 25 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 |
| Pralysis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 9 |
| ???oplexy | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 12 |
| ???ilepsy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| ???acussion of the Brain | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| ???nal Disease | — | 1 | — | —— | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| ???ngestion | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???nenorrhœa | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???humenuria | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| ???rbuncle | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | —- | — | — | 1 |
| ???alds and Burane | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???ysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???erine Hæmorrhage . | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???mour of the Uterus . | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???ntition | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| ???rophy | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| ???asarca | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| ???arasmus | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| ???rophy | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| ???anitin | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| ???alformation of Intestines | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???angenital Debility | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 |
| ???ant of Breast Milk | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???pina Bifida | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| ???yphilis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Capture of Blood-vessel | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Disease of return | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???bacess | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Ulcer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| ???ead Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ???rema | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Child Birth | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Aptha Gangrenosa | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Nectosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pyæmia | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Purpura | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cancer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Decay of nature | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 45 |
| 218 | 56 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 34 | 47 | 42 | 41 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 581 |