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Rotherhithe 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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APPENDIX No. 2.
VESTRYMEN', AUDITORS, AND OFFICERS OF THE PARISH OF
ROTHERHITHE, SURREY.
Under "The Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855.
1878.
Vestrymen.
The Rev. Edward Josselyn Reck, M.A., Rectory, Church Street.
Mr. Kdward .lames Talbot.}
Churchwardens.
„ rrancts John Bisley.} To go out of office in
,,Francis John Bisley, 68, I nion Road 1879
„William Archer, 96, Union Road „
„Edward John Cox, 71, Albion Street ,,
„Henry Hayward, Copelstone Rd., Choumert Rd., Rye Lane, Peckham, S.E. „
,,Lewis Etheridge, 252, Deptford Road ,,
,,Robert Allen, Norfolk House, London Rd., Thornton Heath, Croydon, S.E. „
„James Powell, 79, Jamaica Level „
Mr. Edward James Talbot, 297, Rothcrhithe Street 1880
,,John Streeton. Corbctts Lane ,,
„Lawrence Stevens, Deptford Lower Road ,,
,,George Mabbs, 1, Trinity Street ,,
„Christopher Case, Deptford Lower Road ,,
,,Richard Brownly, Union Road ,,
,,John William Moore, 53, Drummond Road, Bermondsey „
,,Thomas William Clarke, Union Road ,,
Mr. Ralph Westall Walker, 14, Rebecca Terrace, Gomm Road 1881
„John Bulmer. 34, Deptford Lower Road ,,
„Daniel Serle, Deptford Lower Road „
„John Henry Morris, Surrey Commercial Docks „
,,Robert Foottit, 96, Union Road ,,
„Edward Talbot, Deptford Lower Road ,,
,,Reuben Henry Williams, junr., 56, Hawkstone Road ,,
„George Lewis, Deptford Lower Road ,,
Auditors of Accounts.
Messrs. Samuel Short, William Canham, Philip Richard Challis, Ralph Robson and
David Stoncham.
Officers of the Vestry.
Robert Shafto Hawks and James John Stokes, Clerks, 82, Paradise Street.
William Burley, Assistant Clerk, 72, Deptford Lower Road.
Benjamin Browning, M.D., Medical Officer of Health, 70, Union Road.
George Legg, Surveyor of Sewers, 61, King William Street, E.C.
Edward Thomas, Surveyor of Pavements, 234, Deptford Lower Road.
William Matthew Marshall, Collector of Paving, Lighting and Sewers Rates, 72,
Union Road.
Joseph Edward, Inspector of Nuisances, Street Keeper and Inspector under the "Sale
of Food and Drugs Act 1875," 20, Hekling Street.
James Edward Poole, Clerk of the Works for Sewers, Adolphus Street, Deptford.
Representative at the Metropolitan Board of Works.
John Tolhurst, Esq , Tooley Street, Southwark.

TABLE OF THE MORTALITY IN ROTHERHITHE.

Fourth Quarter, from January 1st, 1878, to March 31st, 1878.

Diseases.Under 2 Years of Age.2 to 55 to 1010 to 2020 to 3030 to 4010 to 5050 to 6O50 to 7070 to 8080 to 9090 to 100Total.
Inquests11...1214...............11
Fever............11......1.........2
Smallpox1.................................1
Scarlatina....................................1
Measles631...........................10
Whooping Cough2043...........................27
Croup...1..............................1
Diptheria......1........................1 o
Diarrhœa1...1...........................2
Meningitis...2..............................3
Laryngitis21..............................3
Pleuritis........................1.........1 s~\
Bronchitis122.........1......83......29
Pneumonia42.........1..................7
Cystitis.................................11
Congestion of Lungs1.................................2
Softening of „........................11......2
Apoplexy........................i1......1
Paralysis...........................1......1
Hemiplegia........................11......3
Paraplegia................ . .............1...1
Disease of Spine...1........................1
Hydrocephalus...1..............................1
Convulsions151.....................1......17
Laryngismus Stridulus....................................1
Syncope............1.....................1
Disease Heart............2.........2...1...5
Hœmatemesis...........................1......1
hœmorrhage (Uterine)...............1..................1
Malformation of Heart1.................................1
Cirrhosis..................111.........3
Phithisis1......2...7531.........27
Gout.....................1............1
Rheumatism.........1...1...1............4
Senile Gangrene...........................1......1
Abscess of Os Innomenatum.........1........................1
Childbirth.......1.........1
Premature Birth3..................................3
Congenital Debility2.................................2
Apthœ1.................................1
Tabes Mesenterica1.................................1
Marasmus61..............................7
Senile Decay........................23......5
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