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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 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: In the apponded list is given the diseases notified, with tho names of the streets, roads, places, lanes, buildings, &c., in which they occurrod.

In the apponded list is given the diseases notified, with tho names of the streets, roads, places, lanes, buildings, &c., in which they occurrod.

Name of Place.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Cholera.Typhns Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Pcerperal Fever.Other Fevers.Erysipelas.MembranousCronpTotals.
Abbeyfield Road...7......11......2...11
Acorn Place.........52.........1...8
Adam's Gardens...2.........1......3...6
Adam Street........................3...3
Ainsty Street............32............5
Albion Street...3..................3...6
Aspinden Road...6......11............8
Berkley Street...1........................1
Bracton Road...............2............2
Braddon Street............1.........1...2
Bramcote Road...3........................3
Bush Road...1........................1
Canute Street...1........................1
Chilton Street...2........................2
Clare Hall Place..............................-
Claremont Place..............................-
Clarence Street...3......11......4...9
Clark's Orchard..............................-
Commercial Docks..............................-
Cope Street...2.....................24
Corbett's Lane...1.........1............2
Cow Lane..............................-
Cranham Road...5.....................27
Cranswick Road...1........................1
Crodon Road........................1...1
Croft Street..............................-
Culling Road...4.........1............5
Dartmouth Road............1...............1
Debnam Road............2...............2
Delaford Road..............................-
Derrick Street........................1...1
Dilston Grove...8.........1............9
Dodd's Place..............................-
Edward's Pace........................1...1
Elephant Lano..............................-
Elgar Street...1......1.........2...4

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Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
The number of deaths due to these diseases, is 287 as compared with 306 for
the previous year. This number includes the deaths of Parishioners in outlying
institutions.
The Death Rate per thousand per annum from all forms of lung disease is 7.3.
The following tabular statement gives the number of deaths due to each form of lung
disease and the death rate per thousand per annum for the last seven years:—
1892.
1891.
1890.
1889.
1888.9.
1887.8.
1886.7.
Phthisis
77
1.9
67
1.4
72
1.61
64
1.38
61
1.37
90
2.0
114
2.7
Bronchitis
125
3.1
138
2.6
126
2.59
81
1.75
77
1.73
114
2.59
149
3.54
Pneumonia
45
1.1
48
1.2
65
1.25
35
.71
30
.67
71
1.6
36
.85
Bron.Pneumonia
35
.89
47
1.2
57
1.21
14
.45
23
.51
34
.77
23
.55
Pleurisy
2
.05
4
.09
5
.09
2
.04
2
.045
3
.07
none
PleuroPneumonia
3
.07
2
.04
1
.02
1
.022
5
.11
4
.09
1
.024
Emphysema
none
...
...
1
.022
...
...
...