Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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Bakehouses
Have been inspected twice.
Slaughter Houses and Cow sheds
[ Have been inspected twice during the year.
I am, Gentlemen, yours faithfully,
JOSEPHUS SHAW, Medical Officer of Health.
The Death Rate per thousand per annum from all forms of lung disease is 5.5
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 nine years:—
1894. | 1893. | 1892. | 1891. | 1890. | ||||||
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Phthisis | 59 | 1-5 | 88 | 2-2 | 77 | 1-9 | 67 | 1-4 | 72 | 1-61 |
Bronchitis | 84 | 2-1 | 137 | 3-4 | 125 | 3-1 | 138 | 2'6 | 126 | 2-59 |
Pneumonia | 44 | 11 | 53 | 1-3 | 45 | 1-1 | 48 | 1-2 | 65 | 1-25 |
Bron.-Pneumonia | 31 | 7 | 49 | 1.5 | 35 | .89 | 47 | 1-2 | 57 | 1-21 |
Pleurisy | 0 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 05 | 4 | 09 | 5 | 09 |
Pleuro-Pneumonia | 1 | 02 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 07 | 2 | 04 | 1 | 02 |
Emphysema | 0 | none | none | ... | ... | |||||
1889. | 1888-9. | 1887-8. | 1886-7. | |||||||
Phthisis | 64 | 1.38 | 61 | 1.37 | 90 | 2.0 | 114 | 2.7 | ||
Bronchitis | 81 | 1.75 | 77 | 1.73 | 114 | 2.59 | 149 | 3.54 | ||
Pneumonia | 35 | 71 | 30 | 67 | 71 | 1.6 | 36 | 85 | ||
Bron-Pneumonia | 14 | 45 | 23 | 51 | 34 | 77 | 23 | 55 | ||
Pleurisy | 2 | 04 | 2 | 045 | 3 | 07 | none f | |||
Plsuro-Pneumonia | 1 | 022 | 5 | .11 | 4 | 09 | 1 | 024 | ||
Emphysema | 1 | 022 | ... | ... | ... |