Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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195
M 11.
(B)
Table of population, births, and of new cases of infectious sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the jcar 1898, in the Parish of
Rotherhithe; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
Names of Localities ndopted for tlae
purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions
being shown as separate localities.
Population at
all Ages.
Registered
Births.
Aged
under 5
over 5.
New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the
Medical Officer of Health.
Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several
Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Last
Census.
Estimated
to
middle of
1898.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Smallpox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria.
Membrnnous
Croup.
Fevers.
Cholera.
Erysipelas.
Smallpox.
Scarlatina.
Diphtheria.
Membranous
Croup.
Fevers.
Cholera.
Erysipelas.
Typhus.
Enteric
Typhoid.
Continued.
Relapsing.
Puerperal.
Typhus.
Enteric
Typhoid.
Continued.
Relapsing.
Puerperal.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
40,400
(See the
remarks
introductory
to my
Annual
Report).
Under 5
...
55
19
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
11
...
...
...
34
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Rotherhithe
40,379
5 upwards.
...
91
21
...
...
20
...
...
3
...
73
...
...
...
70
10
...
...
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Under 5
5 upwds.
Under 5
5 upwds.
Under 5
5 upwds.
Under 5
5 upwds.
Under 5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Infirmary, St. Olave's
...
...
...
5 upwds.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Under 5
5 upwds.
Under 5
5 upwds.
Under 5
5 upwds.
Under 5
5 upwds.
Under 5
5 upwds.
Totals
Under 5
...
55
19
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
11
...
...
...
34
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5 upwds.
...
91
21
...
...
20
...
...
3
...
73
...
...
...
70
10
...
...
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
State here whether "Notification of Infectious Disease" is compulsory in the District: Yes. Since when ? 1890. Besides the above-mentioned Diseases, insert in the columns with blank headings the uames of any
other diseases that arc notifiable in the District, and fill the columns accordingly. State here the name of the Isolation Hospital used by the sick of the District. Mark (H) the locality in which such Hospital is situated; or if
not within the District, state where it is situated: Old Kent Road and Shooter's Hill.