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Rotherhithe 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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194
M 3
(A)
Table 1 as required by the local government board.
Table of Deaths during the Year 1898, in the Rotherhithe (London, S.E.) Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
Names ok Localities adopted for tbe
purpose of these Statistics ; publio institutions
being shown as separate localities.
(Columns for Population and Births are in
Table B.)
Mortality from all Causes,
Mortality from subjoined cavses, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years op Age.
At all
ages.
Under
1
year.
1
and
under
5.
5
and
under
15.
15
under
25.
25
and
under
65.
65
upwards.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Smallpox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria.
Membranous
Fevers.
Cholera.
Erysipelas. j
Measles.
Whooping
Cough.
Diarrluea
and
Dysentery.
Rheumatic
Phthisis.
Bronchitis,
Pneumonia
and Pleurisj
Heart
Disease.
Influenza.
Injuries.
All other
Diseases.
Total.
Typhus.
Enteric
Typhoid.
Con tinned.
Relapsing
Puerperal
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
Rotherliithe
724
212
104
35
35
221
117
Under 5
...
7
5
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
26
14
20
...
6
85
...
2
8
162
336
5 upwds.
...
3
3
...
...
1
...
...
2
...
2
...
1
3
8
71
75
65
5
19
172
420
Under 5
Under 5
5 upwds.
St. Olave's Infirmary (of the District)
99
1
...
4
7
56
31
Under 5
...
...
...
...
.........
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
5 upwds.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
29
14
13
2
...
39
99
Under 5
5 upwds.
St. Olave's Infirmary (not of the
District)
272
1
9
2
10
180
70
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
3
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
7
5 upwds.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
78
37
32
5
2
103
259
Under 5
5 upwds.
Gomm Hospital
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwds.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
River Thames
15
...
...
...
...
14
1
Under5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwds.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
15
...
15
Surrey Commercial Docks
12
...
...
...
...
6
1
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwds
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
12
...
12
Totals
1122
214
113
41
57
477
220
Under 5
7
5
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
28
17
21
...
9
85
...
2
8
162
5 upwds
3
3
...
...
1
...
...
2
...
2
...
1
5
10
178
126
110
12
48
314
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account ion judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district
among persons belonging thereto.
109
12
17
8
13
43
10
Under 5
...
4
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
3
...
2
2
...
2
3
5
27
5 upwds.
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
5
6
...
13
42
75
Deaths occurring within the district
among persons not belonging thereto.
299
1
9
2
15
200
72
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwds.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
° The heading of column 19 is left blank for the insertion of Influenza, or any other disease which it may be thought desirable to record.
Area and Population of the District or Division to which this Return relates.—Area in Acres, 754; Population (last Census) 39,379; Population (estimated to middle of 1898) 40,400. Death 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).