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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TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE.
Third Quarter from September 29th, to December 25 th, 1866.
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
Total
Inquests
3
—
—
1
2
3
—
2
—
1
-
—
???
Fever
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
-
—
Cholera (Asiatic)
—
—
1
1
1
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
Small-Pox
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Scarlatina
3
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
—
-
—
Whooping Cough
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diarrhoea
1
—
—
-
—
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
Diphtheria
1
—
—
-
—
-
—
—
—
—
-
—
Bronchitis
20
2
1
-
—
-
1
1
2
2
-
1
Pneumonia
8
7
—
-
—
-
1
—
—
—
-
—
???
Phthisis
2
—
1
1
2
3
1
1
2
-
-
-
???
Disease of Heart
1
—
—
-
-
-
2
—
1
1
-
-
Disease of Stomach .
—
—
1
1
-
-
-
—
-
—
-
-
Disease of Liver
—
—
—
-
-
-
1
—
-
-
-
-
Meningitis, Cerebritis, and
2
—
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
-
—
Acute Hydrocephalus
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Convulsions
6
-
—
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
Croup
—
3
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
1
-
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Catarrh
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Softening of Brain
—
—
—
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
Apoplexy
—
—
—
-
-
-
1
—
1
-
-
-
Paralysis
—
—
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
Epilepsy
—
—
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rheumatism
1
-
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Syphilis
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Disease of Uterus
—
-
—
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rupture of Uterus
—
—
—
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
Ovarian Disease
—
-
—
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
Dentition
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Debility from Birth .
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tabes Mesenterica .
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Atrophy
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Trismus Nascentiuin
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Jaundice
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Not Certified .
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Decay of Nature
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
1
2
8
4
—
1
66
17
7
6
6
8
13
6
8
13
4
1
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