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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,
Third Quarter, from October 1st, 1870, to December 31st, 1870.
| Diseases. | Under 2 years of ago | 2 to 5 | 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 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inquests | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
| Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Small-pox | 3 | ||||||||||||
| scarlatina | 5 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Measles | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Croup | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Apoplexy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| Congestion of Brain | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Cephalitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Softening of Brain | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Congestion of Lungs | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 12 | 2 | l | 1 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Phthisis | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |||||||||
| Disease of Heart | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| Endocarditis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pericarditis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Aneurism | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hœmoptysis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ulceration of Stomach | |||||||||||||
| perforation | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Poritonitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Enteritis | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Intussusceptic | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tonsillitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dropsy | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Rheumatic Affection of | |||||||||||||
| Head and Brain | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Cancer of Liver | 1 | ||||||||||||
| ,, Uterus | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Morbus Coxœ | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Abscesses | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Atrophy | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tabos Mesenterica | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Eczema | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Marasmus | |||||||||||||
| Natural Decay | 7 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 58 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 174 |