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Rotherhithe 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE,Second Quarter, from July 1st, 1871, to September 30th 1871.

TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE,

Second Quarter, from July 1st, 1871, to September 30th 1871.

Diseases.Under 2 years of age.2 to 55 to 1010 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 to 8080 to 9090 to 100Total.
Inquests2...236231............19
Fever......1...............1.........2
Fever Cerebro Spinal...............1..................1
Scarlatina......1...........................1
Small-pox......1.........1...............2
Whooping Cough1.................................1
Measles2.................................2
Diarrhœa13.................................13
Dysentery..............................1...1
Meningitis1..................1............2
Bronchitis11............1223......10
Pneumonia32..................1.........6
Phthisis1......323312.........15
Disease of Heart............1...222.........7
„ Liver.......................................
Congestion of Brain2.................................2
Softening of Brain.....................1...1......2
Apoplexy..............................1...1
Effusion into Pericordium...............1..................1
Erysipelas..................111............2
Cancer of Stomach........................1.........1
„ Liver..................1...............1
„ Uterus...............l..................1
Abscess1.................................1
Abscess of Lungs..................1...............1
Strumous Abscess.........1........................1
Purpura Hœmorrhagica...1..............................1
Ascites...........................1......1
Childbirth............1.....................1
Perforation of Bowel............1.....................1
Stricture of Osophagus.....................1............1
Convulsions22..............................4
Marasmus2.................................2
Tabes Mesenterica9.................................9
Cholera Infantum1.................................1
Struma1.................................1
Syphilis...............2..................2
Natural Causes........................1.........1
Natural Decay..................1...23• ••17
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