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Rotherhithe 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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Diarrhoea. The number of deaths from this cause exceeds the average for
the last seven years, 30 deaths were recorded.
Diptheria. A striking increase in fatal cases of this disease, occurred in the
two last quarters of the year, 1 case was registered in the second quarter, 6 in the
third, and 11 in the fourth quarter, ending March 31st, 1875; during the former
seven years, only 8 deaths from this disease were registered.
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| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 118 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Watts | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Williams | 8 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Jaggard | 8 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 140 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Treasurer of Charity School, Hill and Bell's Charity | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bennett's Charity, distributed in One Shilling Tickets | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Printing Tickets for ditto | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Coat and Cloak Charity, distributed at Christmas | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mrs. Embleton's Gift | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Three Years Chief Kent in respect of Land at Stratford and Plaistow | 10 | 3 | ||||
| 164 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Balance | 37 | 15 | 3 | |||
| £202 | 2 | 4 |
Births. I intimated in my last annual statement that a larger increase in births
would probably be noticed in future years, this expectation has been realized as
regards the year ending March 31st 1875, one thousand two hundred and nine births
having been registered, in the former year the number amounted to one thousand
and sixty-nine, the increase will consequently be one hundred and forty in the year.
An arrangement of the registered births into quarterly divisions will be as follows:-
Males.
Females.
Total.
From April 1st, 1874, to June 30th, 1874
131
126
257
„ June 30th, 1874, to September 30th, 1874
136
152
288
„ September 30th, 1874, to December 31st, 1874
170
160
330
„ December 31st, 1874. to March 31st, 1875
175
159
334
612
597
1209
Deaths. With a rapidly increasing population it is reasonable to expect an
augmentation in the number of deaths, but the unusual increase during the year
cannot be attributed to this cause alone, zymotic diseases, and diseases of the air
passages and lungs have been more numerous and fatal, and these combined causes
have raised the number of deaths, registered to 705 compared with 580 in the former