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Rotherhithe 1868

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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APPENDIX No. 2.
Water Companies' Account.

Table: TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE.Fourth Quarter, from January 1st, 1869, to March 31st, 1869.

TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE.

Fourth Quarter, from January 1st, 1869, to March 31st, 1869.

Diseases.Under 2 years of age.2 to 55 to 1010 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 to 8080to9090 to 100Total.
Inquests41......1111......1...10
Fever......21......1...............4
Smallpox1.................................1
Scarlatina...31...........................4
Measles...2..............................2
Whooping-Cough42..............................6
Diphtheria.........1........................1
Bronchitis931.........1444......26
Pneumonia3............1141.........10
Phthisis.........2...7321.........19
Croup11..............................2
Asthma.....................1............1
Disease of Heart.....................2...1......1
„ Liver.........1........................1
Apoplexy...........................2......2
Paralysis...........................1......1
Epilepsy......1...........................1
Meningitis, Cerebritis and1112.........1............6
Acute Hydrocephalus11...1........................3
Uterine Haemorrhage.......................................
Plancenta Prævia............1.....................1
Enlarged Prostate Gland.......................................
(Cystitis)...........................1......1
Pleuritis.....................1............1
Cancer Uteri.....................1............1
Gangrena Senilis...........................1......1
Convulsions11.................................11
Marasmus2.................................2
Svphilis (congenital)2.................................2
Tabes Mesenterica11..............................2
Debility from Birth8.................................8
Atrophy1..................454...1
Decay of Nature.....................1............14
4915686981812155...151

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(Signed)
HENRY STERRY, Chairman.
ERNEST O. COE,
CHAS. J. B. HERTSLET,
Auditors.