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Rotherhithe 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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During the month of March—Six. Suicide by drowning; Suffocated in bed;
Two, Consumption ; Exhaustion from burns; Aneurism of Aorta.
During the month of April—Two. Bronchitis; Suicide by hanging (Dane).
During the month of May—Two. Two Fatty Degeneration of Heart.
During the month of June—Seven. Two, drowned in Docks; Two, injuries from
falling down ship's hold; Two, Asphyxia from Pneumonia; Inflammation of
brain from falling against a fender.
During the month of July—Nine. Three drowned in Docks ; Drowned by falling into
a washing tub ; Drowned in Thames ; Run over by train ; Pneumonia ; Fracture
of skull; Phthisis.
During the month of August—Three. Run over by engine ; Drowned in Docks;
Pyaemia.
During the month of September—One. Syncope.
During the month of October—Three. Two Fatty Degeneration of Heart; Suffocated
in bod.
During the month of November—Six. Two Convulsions; Heart Disease; Syncope
from Acute Pericarditis and Broncho-Pneumonia; Drowned in the Thames;
Injuries from stack of timber falling upon him in the Docks.
During the month of December—Ton. Two drowned in Docks; Accidentally
suffocated in bed: Fracture of skull; Rupture of blood vessel in lungs;
Convulsions; Heart Disease; Congestions of lungs.
Zymotic Diseases.
The number of deaths in the parish and the Asylums Board and other Hospitals is 154.
In 1893 the number was 142. In 1894 the number was 12G. In 1895 the number was 102.
The marked increase is duo entirely to the excessive number of deaths from the two infantile