London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Rotherhithe 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

THE
ANNUAL REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
From January 1st to December 31st, 1896.
To the Chairman and Members of the Rotherhithe Vestry:—
Gentlemen,
I have the pleasure herewith of offering to your notice my Annual
Report, compiled from the various Reports that have been submitted to you at the regular
half-monthly meetings during the year.
N.B.—All the calculations of Birth and Death Rates are based on the Census return,
but giving the corrected population as 40,200 for the year.

Table: Number of Births registered :—

Number of Births registered :—

Males.Females.Totals.
In the first quarter177158335
In the second quarter170162332
In the third quarter168149317
In the fourth quarter185177362
Totals for the year7006461346