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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 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE.
First Quarter, from April 1st, 1870, to June 30th, 1870.
| Diseases. | Under 2 Years of Age. | 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 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |||||
| Fever | |||||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||
| Scarlatina | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Diarrhœa | |||||||||||||
| Diptheria | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Croup | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Apoplexy | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Softening of Brain | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Meningitis, Cerebritis | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| And Acute Hydrocephælus | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Sun Stroke | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Phthisis | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | ||||||
| Disease of Heart | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hepatitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Abscess of Liver | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nephritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dyspepsia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Aneurism of Aorta | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Purpura Hæmorrhogica | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Cancer | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Cancer of Sigmoid Flexure of the Colon | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Hœmoptysis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dropsy | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Debility | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Convulsions | 10 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Congenital Debility | 5 | ??? | |||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 1 | ??? | |||||||||||
| Tubes inesenterica | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Natural Decay | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ??? | ||||||||
| 36 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 12 |