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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: DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR.

Causes of DeathUnder one yearOne to FiveFive to TwentyTwenty to FortyForty to SixtySixfy to EightyEighty and UpwardsTotal
Small Pox.....................-
Measles10302............42
Scarlet Fever...51............6
Typhus „.........2.........2
Enteric „......251......8
Relapsing „.....................-
Remittent „.....................-
Simple and Undefined Fever.....................-
Influenza.........556...-
Whooping Cough...152............23
Diphtheria...73............10
Cholera (English).....................—
Diarrhœa...8...2...1...27
Dysentery.....................—
Hydrophobia.....................—
Glanders.....................—
Cowpox and Vaccination.....................—
Syphilis41...1.........6
Erysipelas...1...21......4
Pyæmia.....................-
Puerperal Fever.........1.........1
Other Zymotic Diseases...1...............1
Malignant Pustule.........1.........1
Malassimilation...2...............6
Alcoholism.....................1
Delirium Tremens.....................-
Rheumatic Fever.........1.........1
Rheumatism.........2...1...3
Gout.........1...1...2
Rickets3..................3
Cancer of Throat.....................-
„ „ Stomach............11...2
„ „ Uterus.........153...9
„ „ Rectum............3......3
„ „ Breast............31...4
„ Tongue............1......1
„ „ Liver.........166...13
„ Face.....................—
„ „ Intestines............5......3
Tabes Mesenterica41105............56
Tubercular Meningitis598............22
Phthisis.........40272...77
Scrofula......1............1
Other Constitutional Diseases534513...21