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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 THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE.Second Quarter, from July lst, 1875, to September 30th, 1875.

TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE.

Second Quarter, from July lst, 1875, to September 30th, 1875.

DiseasesUnder 2 Years of Age2 to 35 to 1010 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6050 to 7070 to8080 to9090to 100Total.
Inquests......14214...2.........14
Fever2.................................2
Fever remittent......1...........................1
Scarlatina6102...........................18
Measles31..............................4
Whooping Cough8.................................8
Diptheria...1..............................1
Diarrhœa19........................1......20
Dysentery1.................................1
Congestion of Lungs21..............................4
Bronchitis311...............1.........7
Pneumonia...11...........................2
Pericarditis....................................1
Enteritis......1...........................1
Nephritis..................1...............1
Metro Peritonitis............1.....................1
Softening of the Brain..................1...............1
Apoplexy......1...........................2
Paralysis...1..............................1
Epilepsy............1...1...............2
Delerium Tremens....................................1
Meningitis21............1...............4
Hydrocephalus2.................................2
Phithisis...2......2...2...............10
Diseases of Heart..................11............3
Cirrhosis.....................1............1
Cancer, Stomach.....................1............1
Cancer of Breast....................................1
Cancer of Bladder....................................1
Anasarca1.................................1
Erysipelas...1..............................1
Hamatemesis............1.....................1
Hœmorhge,after Childbrith....................................1
Fibroid Tumour...........................1......1
COOMIIUOD* ... ...164aaa20
Premature Birth2.................................2
Congenital Debility3.................................3
Syphilis1...............•..................1
Struma2.................................2
Atrophy8.................................8
Tabes Mesenterica51..............................6
Gangrene of Serotum1.................................1
Marasmus101..............................11
Cholera Infantum11..............................2
Natural Decay........................131...7
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