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Rotherhithe 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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190
Name of Place.
Small Pox.
Scarlet Fever.
Cholera.
Typhus Fever
Enteric Fever.
Diphtheria.
Puerperal Fever.
Other Fevers.
Erysipelas.
Membranous Croup
Totals.
Thetford Place
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
Tissington Street
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Trident Street
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Trinity Road
...
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
3
Tunnel Square
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
—
Union Road
...
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
8
Warndon Street
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
—
Well's Tenements
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...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
—
West Lane
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3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Westlake Road
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
Wormald Place
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
—
Yeoman Street
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
—
York Place
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
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Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
The number of deaths due to these diseases is 242, as compared with 212 for the
previous year. This number includes the deaths of Parishioners in outlying institutions.
In 1893 the number was 337; in 1894 it was 219; in 1895 it was 270; in 1896 it was 263;
in 1897 it was 212.
The Death Rate per thousand per annum from all forms of lung disease is 6.
The following tabular statement gives the number of deaths due to each form of lung
disease, and the death rate per thousand per annum for the last six years:—
1898.
1897.
1896.
1895.
1894.
1893.
Phthisis
75
1.86
60
1.48
91
2.2
75
1.8
59
1.5
88
2.2
Bronchitis
82
2.03
59
1.46
79
1.96
112
2.9
84
2.1
137
3.4
Pneumonia
28
.7
39
.96
34
.84
39
.97
44
1.1
53
1.3
Bron.-Pneumonia
48
1.17
47
1.16
53
1.3
42
1.04
31
.7
49
1.5
Pleurisy
1
.025
3
.07
1
.02
2
.05
...
...
4
.1
Pleuro-Pneumonia
2
.049
2
.049
3
.07
...
...
1
.02
0
.15
Emphysema
none
2
.049
2
.049
...
...
none
Other Diseases
6
.148