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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 1875

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: Table of deaths occasioned by some of the most important Zymotic diseases duringthe last ten years.

Table of deaths occasioned by some of the most important Zymotic diseases during

the last ten years.

Diseases.1867186818671870187118721873187418751876Total
Fever1012151391249134101
Small Pox1863523313...l...90
Scarlatina144101242151321558266
Measles412197912422614109
Whooping Cough21128922151321202633212
Diarrhoea18202925222233273024250
Diptheria...11...231...181036
Varicella...............1............1
Asiatic Cholera21............................21
106671061961019979801091431086

Table: Births registered during the year in quarterly divisions:—

Births registered during the year in quarterly divisions:—

Males.Females.Total.
From April 1, 1875, to June 30, 1875128123151
„ July 1, 1875, to September 30, 1875142170312
„ October 1, 1875, to December 31, 1875173130302
„ January 1, 1876, to March 31, 1876185142327
6275651192