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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 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: given below shows the number of deaths due to these various diseases and the death-rate per thousand per annum for the last three years : —

given below shows the number of deaths due to these various diseases and the death-rate per thousand per annum for the last three years : —

1888-9.1887-8.1886-7.
Phthisis611.37902.1142.7
Bronchitis771.731142.591493.54
Pneumonia30.67711.636.85
Broncho-Pneumonia23.5134.7723.55
Pleurisy2.0453•07None
Pleuro-Pneumonia5.114.091.024