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Rotherhithe 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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APPENDIX No. 2.
Water Company's Account.

TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE,

Fourth Quarter, fromJanuary 1st, 1871, to March 31st, 1871.

Diseases.Under 2 years of age2 to 55 to 1010 to 2020 to 3080 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 to 8080 to 9090 to 100Total
Inquests1......1...1131.........8
Fever.........112..... .1............5
Small-pox62352...1...............19
Scarlatina...1.........1.....................2
Measles1....................................1
Whooping-Cough5...1...........................6
Diphtheria.......................................
Diarrhœa...... ..................................
Croup...1..............................1
Aphplexy........................122......6
Paralysis... ...........................1......1
Cerebral Tumour...1.................................1
Hemiplegia.....................1............1
Laryngismus Stridilus...1.................................1
Bronchitis72............3345......24
Pneumonia51......1.........1.........8
Phthisis11......38421.........21
Disease of Heart..................211......4
„ of Liver.....................1...............1
Aneurism of Aorta.....................1............1
Congestion of Lungs.....................1............1
Nephritis..................1...............1
Dysentery.................................1...1
Jaundice............1........................1
Erysipelas.....................1............1
Dropsy.....................1...............1
Abscess in Axilla.......................................1
Phlegmasia dolesis...... ..........1..................1
Cancer........................1.........1
Cancer of Face...........................1......1
Gangrene of Vagina...............1..................1
Purpura Hœmorrhagica...... ...1...........................1
Diabetes........................1.........1
Albuminuria........................11......2
Uterine Hoemorrhage..................1..................
during Parturition...... .................................1
Puerperal Mania...............1..................1
Natural Causes...............1..................1
Convulsions132..............................15
Premature Birth1.................................1
Congenital Debility1.................................1
Atrophy2.................................2
Tabes Mesenterica3.................................3
Marasmus3......1........................4
Natural Decay........................421101/1 21/101 10
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(Signed)
JAMES CLAY, Chairman.
ERNEST 0. COE,
CHAS. J. B. HERTSLET,
Auditors.