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Rotherhithe 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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44
Table No. 8.—Concluded.
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
Local Diseases—continued.
Order 5.—Urinary Organs.
1. Bright's Disease (Nephria)
2
...
• • •
...
2
...
...
......
...
2. Diabetes
1
......
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
3. Calculus (Stone)
2
...
...
• • •
...
1
1
...
...
4. Cystitis
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
Order 6.—Organs of Generation.
1.—Uterus Disease, &c.
2
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion.
1.—-Joint Disease, &c.
5
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
1
IV. Developmental Diseases.
Order 1—Diseases of Children.
1. Premature Birth
21
21
...
...
...
...
...
...
21
2. Cyanosis
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
2
3. Spina Bifida
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
4. Teething
9
4
5
...
...
...
...
...
9
Order 2.—Adults.
1. Childbirth (see Puerperal F.
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
Order 4.— Old People.
1. Old Age
45
• • •
• • •
...
...
3
24
18
...
Order 1 —Nutrition.
1. Atrophy and Debility
54
24
4
2
13
5
6
...
28
V. Violent Deaths.
Order 1.—Accident or Negligence.
1. Fractures and Contusions
5
• • •
1
3
1
...
...
...
1
2. Wound—Gunshot
1
• • •
• • •
...
...
1
...
...
...
3. Burns and Scalds
• • •
...
...
...
• • •
...
...
...
...
4. Poison
2
...
• • •
1
...
1
...
...
...
5. Drowning
28
• • •
1
6
8
12
1
...
1
6. Otherwise
4
3
1
...
...
...
...
...
4
Order 4.—Suicide.
1
• • •
•••
...
...
1
...
...
...
Cause not specified or ill defined.
6
3
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
BENJn. BROWNING, M.D., S.Sc: C.Edin:, &c.,
Medical Officer of Heakth.