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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in institutions outside the parish. By these means an almost mathematically correct
basis is formed upon which my calculations are founded. And as the reports from
Somerset House are to be forwarded annually, a calculable source of error will be
thus rectified.
No. of Births registered:—
Males. Females. Totals.
In the first quarter 165 189 354
In the second quarter 186 181 367
In the third quarter 183 161 344
In the fourth quarter 192 174 366
726 705 1431
No. of Deaths registered:—
Males. Females. Totals.
In the first quarter 108 94 202
In the second quarter 128 116 244
In the third quarter 115 108 223
In the fourth quarter 141 125 266
492 443 935
The actual increase:—
Males. Females. Totals.
In the first quarter 57 95 152
In the second quarter 58 65 123
In the third quarter 68 53 121
In the fourth quarter 51 49 100
234 262 496
Of parishioners who have died in outlying institutions, there have been registered:
Males. Females. Total.
57 32 89
Of persons (non-parishioners) whose deaths have been registered in this parish,
the following is the number: One hundred and eleven from the Infirmary; twenty