Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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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.
All
Ages.
0-1
1-5
5-20
20-40
40-60
60-80
80 and
upwards
Classes.
I. Zymotic Diseases
184
35
38
26
11
17
8
1
124
II. Constitutional Diseases
142
16
18
17
35
35
20
1
34
III. Local Diseases
260
88
58
13
27
33
39
2
146
IV. Developmental Diseases
133
51
11
1
14
8
30
18
62
V. Violent Deaths
41
3
3
10
9
15
1
...
6
Not specified or ill defined
6
3
...
...
...
1
2
...
3
Totals
766
244
128
67
96
109
100
22
371
Class.
I.
Zymotic Diseases
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1. Smallpox
6
2
2
1
1
...
...
...
4
2. Measles
19
7
8
4
• • •
...
...
...
25
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
6
2
1
2
1
...
...
...
3
4. Diphtheria
4
• • •
2
2
...
...
...
...
2
5. Quinsy
2
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
4
6. Croup
8
4
2
2
...
...
...
...
6
7. Whooping Cough
58
40
11
7
...
...
...
...
51
8.
Typhus Fever
4
1
...
1
3
...
...
...
1
Enteric or Tvphoid F.
4
• • •
• • •
1
1
...
1
...
...
9. Erysipelas
2
• • •
• • •
• • •
...
...
2
...
...
10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)
3
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
11. Carbuncle
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
12. Dysentery
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
13. Diarrhœa
50
25
10
2
1
8
4
1
35
14. Choleric Diarrhœa
4
1
1
...
...
1
...
...
2
15. Rheumatism
8
...
...
3
2
3
...
...
...
Order 2.—Dictic.
1. Alcoholism -
a. Del. Tremens
2
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
b. Intemperance
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
Order 3.—Parasitic.
1. Thrush
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
1