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Lewisham 1902

Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1902

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Table: * TABLE 11.Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough for the year 1902.

* TABLE 11.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough for the year 1902.

Causes of Death.Deaths Whole BoroughBorough Divisions
Under 1 year1 and under 5 years5 and under 15 years15 and under 25 years25 and under 65 years65 years and overTotal all AgesDeaths of Residents outside BoroughDeaths of Non-residents in BoroughLeeLewishamSydenham and Forest HillPublic Institutions in Borough
12345678910111213
Class I.—Infectious Diseases1 Small Pox2——28—1212——111—
2 Measles422—1——277214118
3 Scarlet Fever—9611—17559211469
4 Typhus Fever—————————————
5 Plague—————————————
6 Influenza4——271730—2713103
7 Whooping Cough28332———6311733231
8 Diphtheria1221731—4421559181768
9 Enteric Fever——243—9—1434216
10 Epidemic Diarrhœa221————23——21561
11 Epidemic Enteritis311————321——23912
12 Dysentry—————————————
13 Venereal Diseases31——2—62——24—
14 Puerperal Septicœmia————6—6———332
15 Infective Endocarditis———1——11——1——
16 Erysipelas2——1249——1622
17 Septicœmia not Puerperal————1—1—2—1—2
18 Pysemia——121—4——22—3
19 Other Septic Diseases21————3———211
Class II.—Tuberculous Diseases 20 Phthisis144329651429518804439
21 Meningitis4123———19115865
22 Peritonitis1—————1——1——1
23 Scrofula———1——1——1———
24 Other Tuberculous Dis.138477—39322172012
Class III.- Malignant Diseases25 Cancer, Carcinoma————66381046813514019
26 Sarcoma————224——2111
27 Other Malignant Diseases————11819—14965
Class IV.-Nervous Diseases28 Meningitis (not Tuber.)57313—192—31244
29 Insanity (G. P. Insane)————4172143111914
30 Epilepsy—1—2216112312
31 Convulsions51122———65——1034211
32 Locomotor Ataxy————213———211
33 Paraplegia, Dis. of Cord——1—37112—434—
34 Other Nervous Diseases——22105194121437
Class V.— Diseases of Heart and Blood Vessels35 Valvular Disease, Endocarditis1—83231449343281815
36 Cerebral Hœmmorrhage————2541661167302927
37 Thrombosis—————————————
38 Apoplexy, Hemiplegia————224——1121
39 Aneurysm————3—32——211
40 Embolism111
41 Thrombosis, not Cerebral————2—2-—11——
42 Other Dis. Heart and Blood Vessels615240459S51612543325

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