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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 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR.

Causes of DeathUnder one yearOne to FiveFive to TwentyT wenty to FortyForty to SixtySixty to EightyEighty and UpwardsTotal
Small Pox1..................1
Measles...6...............6
Scarlet Fever...1...............3
Typhus „.....................–
Enteric ,,...162.........10
Relapsing „.....................–
Remittent,,..................–
Simple & Undefined Fever.....................–
Influenza...21289...23
Whooping Cough...11...............21
Diphtheria...11............2
Cholera (English).....................–
Diarrhœpa...3.........1...21
Dysentery.....................–
Hydrophobia.....................–
Glanders.....................–
Cowpox and Vaccination.....................–
Syphilis.........22......9
Erysipelas............1......2
Pyaemia............1......1
Puerperal Fever.........31......4
Other Zymotic Diseases.....................–
Malassimilation4..................4
Alcoholism.........11......2
Delirium Tremens......1............1
Rheumatic Fever• • •...2............2
Rheumatism......1......2...3
Gout.....................–
Rickets12...............3
Cancer of Throat............1......1
,, ,, Stomach...............3...3
,, ,, Uterus............42...6
,, Rectum............12...3
,, ,, Breast.........11......2
,, ,, Tongue...............1...1
,, „ Liver.........264...12
,, „ Face...............3...S
,, ,, Intestines.........12......3
Tabes Mesenterica35101............46
Tubercular Meningitis5116211...26
Phthisis...1838201...68
Scrofula.....................—
Other Constitutional Diseases635113...19