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Rotherhithe 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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

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.
1878. 33203.151531380626225
1877. 32343.549461344694310
1876. 31986.948301267633280
1875. 31624.347051192645267
1874. 31264.745021209675205
1873. 30905.144641069550250
1872. 30545.542221006533220
1871. 30096.03934903527209
1870. 29400.03836939567213
1869 28500.03645912660186
1868. 28390.032411007507208
Average of 10 years 1877—1868. 30986.04232.51084.8599.1234.8

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NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
Fever, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature
Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.
BENJ. BROWNING, M.D., S.Sc: C.Edin:
Medical Officer of Health.