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Rotherhithe 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
The number of deaths due to these diseases, is 270, as compared with 219 for
the previous year. This number includes the deaths of Parishioners in outlying
institutions. In 1893 the number was 337; in 1894 it was 219.
The Death Rate per thousand per annum from all forms of lung disease is 6.7

Table: 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 ten years:-

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 ten years:-

1895.1894.1893.1892..1891.1890.
Phthisis751.8591.58822771.9671.4721.61
Bronchitis1122.7842.11373.41253.11382.61262.59
Pneumonia39.974411531.34511481.2651.25
Bron.-Pneumonia421.0431.7491.535.89471.2571.21
Pleurisy2.05.0...4.12.054.095.09
Pleuro.Pneumonia0...1.026.153.072.041.02
Emphysema0...0...nonenone
1889.1888-9.1887-8.1886-7.
Phthisis641.38611.37902.01142.7
Bronchitis811.75771.731142.591493.54
Pneumonia35.7130.67711.636.85
Bron.Pneumonia14.4523.5134.7723.55
Pleurisy2.042.0453.07none
Pleuro.Pneumonia.1.0225.114.091.024
Emphysema1.022