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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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Name of Place.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Cholera.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Puerperal Fever.Other Fevers.Erysipelas.MembranousCronpTotals.
Tissington Street...............................
Trident Street...............................
Trinity Row............1...............1
Union Road...1..................1...2
Warndon Street...1......1.........2...4
West Lane...............................
Westlake Road...1.........1......2...4
William Street...............................
Winchester Street..............................—

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I am, Gentlemen, yours faithfully,
JOSEPHUS SHAW, Medical Officer of Health.

Table: 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:—

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.
Phthisis771.9671.4721.61641.38611.37902.01142.7
Bronchitis1253.11382.61262.59811.75771.731142.591493.54
Pneumonia451.1481.2651.2535.7130.67711.636.85
Bron.-Pneumonia35.89471.2571.2114.4523.5134.7723.55
Pleurisy2.054.095.092.042.0453.07none
Pleuro-Pneumonia3.072.041.021.0225.114.091.024
Emphysemanone......1.022.........