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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Rotherhithe 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | 41.5 | 18.8 | 33.1 | 14.4 | 43.1 | 90 |
| 1877 | 41.3 | 21.1 | 31.7 | 16.5 | 47.7 | 96 |
| 1876 | 39.5 | 19.7 | 42.9 | 21.4 | 55.2 | 107 |
| 1875 | 37.6 | 20.6 | 40.7 | 22.1 | 52.7 | 37 |
| 1874 | 38.6 | 20. 1 | 33.9 | 18.1 | 38.8 | 28 |
| 1873 | 34.5 | 18.0 | 38.7 | 19.1 | 47.2 | 37 |
| 1872 | 32.8 | 17.1 | 37.3 | 17.7 | 45.2 | 39 |
| 1871 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 38.7 | 22.7 | 48.9 | 58 |
| 1870 | 31.9 | 19.3 | 40.9 | 24.7 | 60.4 | 57 |
| 1869 | 32.0 | 20.5 | 38.4 | 27.8 | 45.2 | 49 |
| 1868 | 38.3 | 17.7 | 44.7 | 22.2 | 42.0 | 35 |
| Average of 10 years 1877-1868. | | 36.5 | 18.6 | 38.7 | 21.4 | 48.3 | 543 |
BENJ. BROWNING, M.D., S.Sc:C.Edin:,
Medical Officer of Health.