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Rotherhithe 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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APPENDIX No. 2.
Water Company's Account.

Table: TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE.Fourth Quarter, from January 1st, 1870, to March 31st, 1870.

TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE.

Fourth Quarter, from January 1st, 1870, to March 31st, 1870.

Diseases.Under 2 years of age.2 to 55 to 1010 to 2020 to 3080 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 to 8080 to 9090 to 100Total.
Inquests1......21...121.........8
Fever...111211...............7
Smallpox......2......1......1.........4
Scarlatina3361...1..................14
Whooping-Cough21..............................3
Bronchitis51...............13...2...12
Pneumonia5.........1.........11......8
Phthisis......2...2361............14
Croup132...........................6
Disease of Heart.........1...32...1.........7
Hepatitis...............11...............2
Enteritis........................1.........1
Cystitis........................1.........1
Apoplexy...............1112.........5
Meningitis, Cerebritis and Acute Hydrocephalus41...................11......7
...2.... ... ......................2
Convulsions162..............................18
Congestion of Brain............11..................2
Asthma........................1.........1
Cancer Uteri..................112.........4
„ of Breast..................1...............1
Anasarca............1.....................1
Hæmatemesis...........................1......1
Dropsy...............1..................1
Gout.....................1............1
Debility...............1..................1
Congenital Debility3.................................3
Premature Birth2.................................2
Struma12..............................3
Syphilis1.................................1
Inanition1.................................1
Cancrum Ovis...1..............................1
Dentition1.................................1
Tabes Mesenterica2.................................2
Marasmus1.................................1
Decay of Nature........................185115
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(Signed) JAMES CLAY, Chairman.
ERNEST O. COE,
CHAS. J. B. HERTSLET,
Auditors.