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 (continued.)—Deaths Registered in Rotherhithe, at several Ages from Different
Causes during the 52 Weeks ending Saturday, December 31, 1881.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Annual
Average
1870-79
During the 52 Weeks ending 1st January, 1881.
Deaths of Persons of th« Ages
All
Ages
Under 20.
20 and
under
40
40 and
under
60
60 and
under
80
80
Years
and
upwds.
Mean
Temp.
0
0.1
1.6
5.20
Mean Temperature
0
491
Order 4.
1. Gastritis
1.08
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
2. Enteritis
3.2
3
1
—
1
—
—
1
—
3. Peritonitis
5.2
2
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
4. Ascites
1.4
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
5. Ulceration of Intestines
0.4
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
6 Hernia
1.7
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
7Ileus
1.9
2
1
1
—
—
—
1
—
8. Intussusception
0.6
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
9. Stricture of Intestines
0.6
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
10. Fistula
0.1
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
11. Stomach Disease, &c.
3.7
3
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
12. Pancreas Disease, &c.
0.0
1
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
13. Hepaitis
1.9
1
—
—
—
—
1
2
—
14. Jaundice
2.2
2
1
—
—
—
1
-
—
15. Liver Disease, &c.
10.2
10
1
2
2
1
3
1
—
16. Spleen Disease, &c.
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Order 5.
1. Nephritis
1.5
2
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
2. Ischuria
0.0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3. Bright's Disease (Nephria)
6.5
6
—
—
—
2
2
2
—
4. Diabetes
1.2
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
5. Calculus
-
2
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
6. Cystitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7. Kidney Disease, &c.
4.3
5
—
2
1
1
—
1
—
Order 6.
1. Ovarian Dropay
0.3
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2. Uterus Disease, &c.
0.2
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
Order 7.
1. Synovitis (Anthritis)
0.2
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2. Joint Disease, &c.
3.27
4
—
—
3
1
—
—
Order 8.
1. Phlegmon
2.0
4
—
—
—
—
—
4
—
2. Ulcer
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3. Skin Disease, &c.
1.1
1
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Order 1.
1. Premature Birth
22.2
24
24
—
—
—
—
—
—
2. Cyanosis
1.3
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
3. Spina Bifida
0.6
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4. Other Malformations
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5. Teething
7.1
6
3
2
7
—
—
—
—
Order 2.
1. Paramenia
0.1
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2. Childbirth (see Pueperal Fever)
2.9
2
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
Order 3.
1. Old Age
25.1
23
—
—
—
—
—
11
12
Order 4.
1. Atrophy and Debility
32.9
30
24
—
2
—
-
—
V. VIOLENT DEATHS, &c.
Order 1.
(Accident or Negiligence.)
1. Fractures and Contusions
9.47
8
—
—
2
J
2
1
2
2. Gunshot Wounds
3.5
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
3. Cut, Stab
—
4. Burns and Scalds
2.7
2
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
5. Poison
0.5
0
—
—
—
—
21
—
—
6. Drowning
37.0
32
3
1
—
5
—
2
—
7. Suffocation
5.2
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
8. Otherwise
1.6
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
order 2.
(Homicide.)
1. Murder and Manslaughter
1.3
—
—
—
—
—
—*
—
—
Order 3.
(suicide.)
1. Gunshot Wounds
0.21
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
2. Cut, Stab
0.75
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3. Poison
0.53
—
—
—
—
-
—
—
4. Drowning
0.63
—
—
—
—
—
—
5. Hanging
0.77
-
—
—
—
—
—
—
6. Otherwise
0.27
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Order 4.
(Execution.)
1. Hanging
0.01
—
—
—
—
—
-
-
-
Sudden Deaths (Cause unacertained)
0.9
-
-
-
-
-
—
—
—
Causes not specified or ill-deflned
1.9
9
3
2
1
1
-
-
-