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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: The registered number of deaths in quarterly divisions of the year, viz:—

The registered number of deaths in quarterly divisions of the year, viz:—

Total.Male.Females.
From April 1st, 1874, to June 30th, 18741146252
„ June 30th, „ September 30th, „1487672
„ September 30, „ December 31st, „230126104
„ December 31, „ March 31st, 187521312489
705388317

Table: Comparative number of deaths and rate of mortality during the last three years, viz:—

Comparative number of deaths and rate of mortality during the last three years, viz:—

No. of Deaths.Corrected Mortality.Per Thousand.
From April 1st, 1874. to March 31st, 187570567522.50
„ 1873, „ 1874,58055019.00
„ 1872, „ 187357553318.75

Table: The columns below represent the relative age of persons whose deaths were registers! during the last three years, and as respects the great mortality among the young, the record for this year exhibits as usual that nearly half the number of deaths occurred under ten years of age.

The columns below represent the relative age of persons whose deaths were registers! during the last three years, and as respects the great mortality among the young, the record for this year exhibits as usual that nearly half the number of deaths occurred under ten years of age.

1878.1874.1875.
Under 2 years of age213229203
Between 2 and 5 years of age473357
„ 5 and 10 „191525
„ 10 and 20 „241932
Carried forward303290377