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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 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: Number of Births registered:—

Number of Births registered:—

Males.Females.Totals.
In the first quarter151147298
In the second quarter163177340
In the third quarter208207415
In the fourth quarter190162352
Totals for the year7126931405

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Deaths in the Parish of Non-Parishioners.
Males. Females. Totals.
138 78 216
Of these 154 were from Bermondsey; 13 from St. Olavo's; 1 "unknown"; 1 from
Horselydown; 22 from St. John's; 1 from Walworth; 10 drowned in River or Docks; from
Deptford, 5; from Poplar, 2; from Lambeth, 1; from St. George's-in-the-East, 1; 1 from
Homerton; 1 from St. Saviour's; 1 from St. George's, Southwark; 1 from East Greenwich;
and 1 from Manchester.
Birth Rate.
The Birth Rate per thousand per annum is 35.4.