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Rotherhithe 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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Table No. 4.
Rotherhithe Sanitary District.
| Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population. | Annual Rate of Mortality, per 1000 living. | Deaths of Children under One year; per cent-age of Total Deaths. | Per centage of Deatha of Children under One year to Registered Births. | Deaths of Children under Five yuan; per cent-age of Total Death. | Total Number of Deatha in Pubiie Institutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Table No. 5.
Table shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,
in the 10 Years 1869 to 1878 and in the Year 1879.
Diseases.
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
Annual
Average
for
10 years
1869-1878
1879
Smallpox
3
5
23
31
3
—
—
12
7
6
9.0
Measles
19
7
9
12
4
22
14
13
31
19
15.0
22
Scarlet Fever
10
124
21
5
13
2
58
12
7
6
25.8
76
Diphtheria
2
—
2
2
1
—
10
1
1
4
2.3
17
Whooping Cgh.
29
22
15
13
21
22
33
20
59
58
29.2
38
Fever
15
13
9
12
4
9
7
8
6
8
9.1
11
Diarrhoea
30
25
22
25
38
29
26
26
19
»
54
29.4
24
Total
108
196
101
100
84
82
148
92
130
155
119.6
188
London
17630
16701
19576
12853
11529
11252
13418
12696
12380
10857
15441
12256