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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 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: Deaths from all Causes During the Year.

Deaths from all Causes During the Year.

Causes of Death.Under one year.One to Five.Five to Twenty.Twenty to Forty.Forty to Sixty.Sixty to Eighty.Eighty and Upward.Total.
Small Pox.....................-
Measles7333............43
Scarlet Fever...541.........10
Typhus „.....................-
Enteric „...2431......10
Relapsing „.....................-
Remittent „.....................-
Simple and Undefined Fever.....................-
Influenza...1.........1...2
Whooping Cough15143............32
Diphtheria...1861.........25
Cholera (English).....................-
Diarrhœa18511...1127
Dysentery.....................-
Hydrophobia.....................-
Glanders.....................-
Cowpox and Vaccination.....................-
Syphilis2..................2
Erysipelas................1...1
Pyæmia......11.........2
Puerperal Fever.........3.........3
Other Zymotic Diseases.....................-
Malignant Pustule.....................-
Malassimilation3..................3
Alcoholism ____.........1.........1
Delirium Tremens.....................-
Rheumatic Fever......21...1...4
Rheumatism.........3...1...4
Gout (Rheumatic)............1113
Rickets1..................1
Cancer of Throat............11...2
„ „ Stomach............22...4
„ „ Uterus............41...5
„ „ Rectum...............1...1
„ „ Breast............31...4
„ „ Tongue....................--
„ „Liver............53...8
„ „ Scrotum and Penis............1......l
„ „ Intestines............11...2
„ „ Bladder...............1...1
„ „ Neck............11...2
„ „ Pancreas.........11......2
„ „ Kidney.............1......1
„ „ Testicle.....................-
„ „ Omentum...........1......1
„ „ Upper Jaw..............1......1
Pylorus............1.........1
Tabes Mesenterica358...............43
Tubercular Meningitis4124............20