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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 1894

[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 quarter161166327
In the second quarter176155331
In the third quarter187162349
In the fourth quarter187179366
Totals for the year7116621373

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Deaths in the Parish of Non-Parishioners.
Males. Females. Totals.
136 70 212
Of these, 154 were from Bermondsey; 12 from St. Olave's; 15 from St. John's;
3 drowned in River; 5 from Deptford; 2 from Camberwtll; 3 from Sweden; 1 from
each of the following places:—Old Kent lload, Limehouse, Lower Upnor in Kent, Hatcham,
Lewisham, Marylebone, Charlton, Wooiwich, Staffordshire, The Boro', Kilburn, Brentford,
Walworth, Poplar, South Lambeth, St. Thomas's, Hoxton, and 1 unknown.
Birth Rate.
The Birth Bate per thousand per annum is 34.4.
Death Rate.
The Death Bate per thousand per annum is 19.2. This compares favourably with the
very high rate 24.5 of last year.