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THE
ANNUAL REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
From January 1st to December 31st, 1898.
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,
giving the corrected population as 40,400 for the year. Owing to the demolition of houses
in Osprey Street and Yeoman Street on account of the Dock Extension; and Silwood
Street, Debnam's Row, New Road, and Raymouth Road, owing to S.E.R. Co. requiring
these properties, and the consequent exodus of population from the parish, I have allowed
the number of inhabitants to remain the same as last year.