[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. ACCOUNT IN ABSTRACT. Showing the Receipt and Expenditure for One Year ending March, 1879, under the " Metropolis Local Management Act 18th and 19 th Victoria, cap. 120.

RATE.	Cash Balance at commencement of Year.						RECEIPTS DURING THE YEAR.															PAYMENTS DURING THE YEAR.																					Cash Balance on the 25th March, 1879.
RATE.	In Credit. In Debit						Rates, &c.			Contributions &c.			Loans.			Incidentals.			Totals.			Assessment by Metropolitan Bd.of Works			Works.			Establishment.			Loans. &c.			Watering			Lighting			Total			In Credit			In Debit
Paving and General Purposes Rate	£	s.	d	£.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	a.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£ s		d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS. Executed under Contracts, Agreements &c. for special and General Works. Year ending 25th March , 1879.

Paving and General Purposes Rate		Paring.									Watering			Cleansing and Repairing Mecadamized Roads and Footways.			Improving.			Removing Dust.			Total.
Paving and General Purposes Rate		Footway.			Carriageway.						Watering			Cleansing and Repairing Mecadamized Roads and Footways.			Improving.			Removing Dust.			Total.

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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHEKHITHE, SURREY. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS. Executed under Contracts, Agreements, & c. for Special and General Works. Year ending 25th March, 1879.

Lighting Rate.		Lighting.			Contributions			Commission.						Sundries.									Total.

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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OK ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. ABSTRACT OF WORKS. Executed under Contracts, Agreement, &C. for Special and General Works. Year ending March 25st, 1879

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CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SPECIAL WORKS.

Rate.	Date of Contract.	Locality.	Name of Contractor.	Nature of Works to be performed.	Contract Price.					Quantity of work commenced and completed during the Year.			Amount of extra work.	Amount of Deductions from Contract.	Actual cost of Works.

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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTIIERI1ITHE, SURREY. CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL WORKS AND SUPPLY OF MATERIALS. Subsisting at the commencement of, or entered into, during the year ending 25th March, 1879.

Rates.	Date of Contract.	Name of Party with whom Contract was made.	Nature of Works to be performed, and Materials to bo supplied.	Observations

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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. Statement and Account of Arrears of Rates and other Monies owing to, and, of all Mortgages, Debts and Liabilities owing by the Vestry, on the 25 th March, 1879.

Rate.	Moneys owing to the Vestry.													Debts and Liabilities owing by the Vestry.
Rate.	Cash Balance						Contributions				Total.			Cash Balance.			Assessment by Metropolitan Board.			Loans, Mortgages, &c.				Special Contracts Outstanding			Tradesmen's Bills.	Total.
	£	8.	d.	£	s	d.	£	s.	d.		£	s.	d	£	s.	d.	£.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. SUMMARY STATEMENT. ONE YEAR ENDING 25th MARCH. 1879. Paving and General Purposes Account.

	£.	s.	d.		£	s.	d.

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SUMMARY STATEMENT. Continued. Lighting Account, One Year ending 25 th March , 1879.

	£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.

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Sewers Account.

	£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.

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The following is a statement of applications made to the Vestry to drain and premises, and the results consequent thereon.

Number of Notices recived.	No. of Houses permanently drained into Covered Sewers.	Building. and Premises other than houses drained.	House Drains Cleared.	Total number of Housesand buildings inspected for drainage.

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The following applications for the erection of new houses and buildings have also been received and plans checked and approved.

Number of Notices.	Number of houses.	Additions to Houses.	Warehouses and other Buildings.	Total Number of New Buildings.

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Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of Rotherhithe, upon tho Articles analysed by him under the above act, during the quarter ending the 24th June, 1878.

Article submitted for Analysis.	By whom submitted.	Result of Analysis.	The sum paid in re-spect of the Analysis	Observations

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Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of Rotherhithe, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Act, during the quarter ending the 29th of September, 1878.

Article submitted for Analysis.	By whom submitted.	Result of Analysis.	The sum paid in respect of the Analysis.	Observations.

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Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of Rotherhithe, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Act, during the quarter ending the 25th December, 1878.

Articles submitted for analysis.	By whom submitted.	Result of Analysis.	The sum paid in respect of the Analysis.	Observations.

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Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of Rotherhithe, upon th Articles analysed by him under the above Act during the quarter ending the 31s March, 1879.

Articles Submitted for Analysis.	By whom Submitted.	Result of Analysis	The sum paid in respect of the Analysis.	Observations.

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Charity Estates, etc. The accounts of Messrs. Edward James Talbot and Francis John Bislev, Churchwardens for the year 1878-79 have been audited and the following is a copy of the Charities Account, viz. :

	£	s.	d.

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By Cash paid for Bread, viz. :

	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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Of these communicable diseases, perhaps the most loathsome, and certainly the most fatal when allowed to have its "own sweet will," is small pox; how its ravages can be diminished by vaccination, and how fatal it is when unopposed, may be seen by a perusal of the following statements which I extract from the Report of the Medical Superintendent of the Small-pox Hospital, at Homerton.

Persons of all ages and bothe sexes.	Mortality.

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Amongst Unvaccinated Persons.	Mortality.

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To this I may add my own experience on two separate occasions: at one time, whilst in charge of an Infectious' Hospital in the Public Service, and 10 years subsequently, in private practice.

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Table No. 1. Rotherhithe Sanitary District. Table shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths and Marriages, for the Year 1878 and 10 years preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.

Population Estimated at the middle of the Year, 1878. *	No. of Inhabited Houses in Parish or District.	Births.	Deaths. * *	Marriages.

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Table No. 2. Rotherhithe Sanitary District. Table shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rate among Children, and the Deaths in Public Institutions, for the Year 1878 and 10 Years preceding.

	Birth Rate of per 100 of the population.	Annual Rate of Mortality, per 1000 living.	Deaths of Children under 1 year: per centage of Total Deaths.	Per centage of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Registered Births.	Deaths of Children under 5 years: per centage of Total Deaths.	Total Number of Deaths in Public Institutions.

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Table No. 3. Rotherhithe Sanitary District. Deaths Registered at several groups of ages from Different, Causes, During the Year 1878. Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are not excluded.

Cause of Death.			AGES.								Total under 5 years.
Cause of Death.			All Ages.	0-1	1-5	5-20	20-40	40-60	60-80	80 and upwards	Total under 5 years.

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Table No. 3

Cause of Death.	AGES.								Total under 5 Years.
Cause of Death.	All Age-.	0-1	1-5	5-20	20-40	40-60	60-80	80 and upwards	Total under 5 Years.

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Table No. 8.—Concluded.

Cause of Death.	AGES.								Total under 5 years.
Cause of Death.	All Ages.	0-1	1-5	5-20	20-40	40-60	60-80	80 and upwards	Total under 5 years.

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Table No. 4. Rotherhithe Sanitary District . Table shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000 Deaths, 1878.

	Total Deaths.	Deaths per l000 of Population.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths.

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Table No. 5. Rotherhithe Sanitary District. T able shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Diseases, in the 10 Years 1868 to 1877 and in the Year 1878.

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VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. ACCOUNT IN ABSTRACT. Showing the Receipt and Expenditure for One Year ending March, 1879, under the " Metropolis Local Management Act 18th and 19 th Victoria, cap. 120.

VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS. Executed under Contracts, Agreements &amp;c. for special and General Works. Year ending 25th March , 1879.

VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHEKHITHE, SURREY. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS. Executed under Contracts, Agreements, &amp; c. for Special and General Works. Year ending 25th March, 1879.

VESTRY OF THE PARISH OK ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. ABSTRACT OF WORKS. Executed under Contracts, Agreement, &amp;C. for Special and General Works. Year ending March 25st, 1879

CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SPECIAL WORKS.

VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTIIERI1ITHE, SURREY. CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL WORKS AND SUPPLY OF MATERIALS. Subsisting at the commencement of, or entered into, during the year ending 25th March, 1879.

VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. Statement and Account of Arrears of Rates and other Monies owing to, and, of all Mortgages, Debts and Liabilities owing by the Vestry, on the 25 th March, 1879.

VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. SUMMARY STATEMENT. ONE YEAR ENDING 25th MARCH. 1879. Paving and General Purposes Account.

SUMMARY STATEMENT. Continued. Lighting Account, One Year ending 25 th March , 1879.

Sewers Account.

The following is a statement of applications made to the Vestry to drain and premises, and the results consequent thereon.

The following applications for the erection of new houses and buildings have also been received and plans checked and approved.

Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of Rotherhithe, upon tho Articles analysed by him under the above act, during the quarter ending the 24th June, 1878.

Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of Rotherhithe, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Act, during the quarter ending the 29th of September, 1878.

Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of Rotherhithe, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Act, during the quarter ending the 25th December, 1878.

Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of Rotherhithe, upon th Articles analysed by him under the above Act during the quarter ending the 31s March, 1879.

Charity Estates, etc. The accounts of Messrs. Edward James Talbot and Francis John Bislev, Churchwardens for the year 1878-79 have been audited and the following is a copy of the Charities Account, viz. :

By Cash paid for Bread, viz. :

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To this I may add my own experience on two separate occasions: at one time, whilst in charge of an Infectious' Hospital in the Public Service, and 10 years subsequently, in private practice.

Table No. 1. Rotherhithe Sanitary District. Table shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths and Marriages, for the Year 1878 and 10 years preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.

Table No. 2. Rotherhithe Sanitary District. Table shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rate among Children, and the Deaths in Public Institutions, for the Year 1878 and 10 Years preceding.

Table No. 3. Rotherhithe Sanitary District. Deaths Registered at several groups of ages from Different, Causes, During the Year 1878. Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are not excluded.

Table No. 3

Table No. 8.—Concluded.

Table No. 4. Rotherhithe Sanitary District . Table shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000 Deaths, 1878.

Table No. 5. Rotherhithe Sanitary District. T able shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Diseases, in the 10 Years 1868 to 1877 and in the Year 1878.

Table No.6. Rotherhithe Sanitary District. INSPECTOR'S REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &amp;c., completed in the year ending December 31st, 1878.

VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS. Executed under Contracts, Agreements &c. for special and General Works. Year ending 25th March , 1879.

VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ROTHEKHITHE, SURREY. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF WORKS. Executed under Contracts, Agreements, & c. for Special and General Works. Year ending 25th March, 1879.

VESTRY OF THE PARISH OK ROTHERHITHE, SURREY. ABSTRACT OF WORKS. Executed under Contracts, Agreement, &C. for Special and General Works. Year ending March 25st, 1879

Table No.6. Rotherhithe Sanitary District. INSPECTOR'S REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c., completed in the year ending December 31st, 1878.