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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: Inthe appended list is given thediseases notified,with thenames ofthestreets, roads,places, lanes, buildings, &c., in which they occurred.

Inthe appended list is given thediseases notified,with thenames ofthestreets, roads,places, lanes, buildings, &c., in which they occurred.

Name of Place.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Cholera.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Puerperal Fever.Other Fevers.Erysipelas.MembranousCroupTotals.
Abbeyfield Road...6..................118
Adam's Gardens1.........2............3
Adam Street25.........2............9
Ainsty Street22..................2...6
Albion Street...1......1...............2
Aspinden Road.........1...............1
Bracton Road...4.........2............6
Braddon Street132..................1...16
Bramcote Road...8........................8
Bush Road...4..................1...5
Canute Street........................l...1
Cathay Street41............l...6
Chilton Street...9......15......2...17
Clack Street...2........................2
Clare Hall Place..............................-
Claremont Place...............1............1
Clarence Street14......11......3...10
Clark's Orchard...1.........113
Commercial Docks..............................-
Cope Street...2........................2
Corbett's Lane...1.........1............2
Cornick Street...2..................3...5
Cow Lane...7........................7
Cranham Road........................4...4
Cranswick Road..............................-
Credon Road..............................-
Croft Street...1........................1
Culling Road11........................2
Dartmouth Road...1.........2............3
Debnam's Road1............1......1...3
Delaford Road...4........................4
Derrick Street...14........................14
Dilston Grove...2.........3......1...6
Dodd's Place..............................-
Elephant Lane3..................1......4
Elgar Street...6...........................6

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Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
The number of deaths due to these diseases, is 337 as compared with 267 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 8.
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 eight years:—
1893.
1892.
1891.
1890.
1889.
1888-9.
1887-8.
1886-7.
Phthisis
88
2.2
77
1.9
67
1.4
72
1.61
64
1.38
61
1.37
90
2.0
114
2.7
Bronchitis
137
3.4
125
3.1
138
2.6
126
2.59
81
1.75
77
1.73
114
2.59
149
3.54
Pneumonia
53
1.3
45
1.1
48
1.2
65
1.25
35
.71
30
.67
71
1.6
36
.85
Bron.
Pneumonia
49
1.5
35
.89
47
1.2
57
1.21
14
.45
23
.51
34
.77
23
.55
Pleurisy
4
.1
2
.05
4
.09
5
.09
2
.04
2
045
3
.07
none
pleuropneumonia
6
15
3
.07
2
.04
1
.02
1
.022
5
.11
4
.09
1
.024
Emphysema
none
none
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1
.022
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