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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 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: Table of deaths arising from some of the most important zymotic diseases during the last nine years.

Table of deaths arising from some of the most important zymotic diseases during the last nine years.

Disease.186718681869187018711872187318741875Total.
Fever10121513912491397
Small Pox1863523313...190
Scarlatina1441012421513215208
Measles412197912422695
Whoop'g cough211229221513212026179
Diarrhoea182029252222332730226
Diptheria...11...231...1826
Varicella...............1.........1
Asiatic Cholera21........................21
10667106196101997980109943

Table: An arrangement of the registered births into quarterly divisions will be as follows:-

An arrangement of the registered births into quarterly divisions will be as follows:-

Males.Females.Total.
From April 1st, 1874, to June 30th, 1874131126257
„ June 30th, 1874, to September 30th, 1874136152288
„ September 30th, 1874, to December 31st, 1874170160330
„ December 31st, 1874. to March 31st, 1875175159334
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