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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 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE.Third Quarter from October 1st, 1876, to December 31st, 1876.

TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE.

Third Quarter from October 1st, 1876, to December 31st, 1876.

Diseases.Under 2 year of age.2 to 56 to 1010 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 to 8080 to 9090 to 100Total.
Inquestes2......141111.........11
Fever.........2........................2
Smallpox......1......1..................2
Scarletina...11...........................2
Meas1es1.................................1
Whooping Cough...2..............................2
Croup......1...1.....................2
Diarrhœa3..................1............4
Dysentery........................1.........1
Tonsillitis.........1........................1
Pleurites1.................................1
Bronchitis19...............2232......28
Pneumonia332...1...21...2......14
Gastro Enteritis..................1...............1
Enteritis.........1........................1
Peritonitis1.........1......1............3
Disease of Lungs............1.....................1
Softening of Brain...............11133......9
Apoplexy........................21......3
Paralysis........................1.........1
Epilepsy.....................1............1
Hydrocephalus1.................................1
Convulsions9.................................9
Childbirth (puerperal fever)...............2..................2
Disease of heart...1...............21.........4
Cirrhoic..................11............2
Phthisis.........235321.........16
Cancer of Breast..................1...............1
Cancer of Uterus..................1...............1
Cancer of Tongue.....................1............1
Cancer of Peritonœum........................1.........1
Cancer of Rectum........................1.........1
Tubercular Coxagia and Curies Of Spina......1...........................1
Caries of Lumbar vertebrœ.........1........................1
Albuminuria.....................1............1
Diabetes.....................11.........2
Dropsy hepatic).....................1............1
Calculas1.................................1
Erysipelas..................1...............1
Hœpmoptysis..................2...............2
Hernia...............1.........1......2
Aneurisin of Aorta.....................1............1
Stricture of œsophagus..................1...............1
Abscess of Neck1.................................1
Premature Birth1.................................1
Debility from Birth4.................................4
Tubes mesenterica3.................................3
Marasmus6.................................6
Cyanosis2.................................2
Senile Decay........................271...10
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