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Rotherhithe 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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M 3 TABLE 1 AS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
(A) Table of Deaths during the Year 1898, in the Rotherhithe (London, S.E.) Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities

Table: M 3 TABLE 1 AS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.(A) Table of Deaths during the Year 1898, in the Rotherhithe (London, S.E.) Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities

M 3 TABLE 1 AS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.

(A) Table of Deaths during the Year 1898, in the Rotherhithe (London, S.E.) Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; publio institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Mortality from all causes,(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of age.
At all Ages.Under 1 Years1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and up_ wards12345678910111213141516171819202122
Smallpox.Scarlatina. 1Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.kevklls.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and PleurisyHeart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.Allother Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric Typhoid.Contin-RelapsingTuerperal
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
Rotherhithe7212121043535221117Under 5...751.....................261420...68528162336
5 upwds....33......1......2...2...138717565519172420
Under 5
5 upwds.
Under 5
5 upwds.
St. Olave's Infirmary (of the District)991...475631Under 5.................................1...1.....................2
5 upwds........................................112914132...3999
Under 5
5 upwds.
St. Olave's Infirmary (not of the District)2721921018070Under 5.................................13......3...............7
5 upwds........................................1178373252103259
Under 5
5 upwds
Gomm Hospital.....................Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..................................................................
River Thames15.........141Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.........................................................15...15
Surrey Commercial Docks......12.........561Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..................................................................
Totals| 1122214"1134157477220Under 5...751........................1721...985...128162
5 upwds...33......1......2...2...15101781261101248314
The subjoined numbers have also to be, taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto.10912178134316Under 5...43........................123...22...23527
5 upwds....3.......................................656...134275
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging there to.2991921520072Under 5...............................................................
5 upwds................................................................

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Deaths occurring outside the district
among persons belonging thereto.
109
12
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43
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75
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among persons not belonging there to.
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The heading of column 19 is left blank for the insertion of Influenza, or any other disease which it may toe thought desirable to record.
Area and Population of the District or Division to which this Return relates.—Area in Acres, 754; Population (last Census) 30,379 ; Population (estimated to middle of 1898) 40,400. Denth Rates : General, 18.7 (per 1,000
population, estimated to middle of 1898) ; Infant, under one year of age, 52.9 (per 1,000 births registered).