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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1915
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915
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Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year
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| 83 | (A.B.C.D.) Diseases of the Veins— (Varices, Haemorrhoids, Phlebitis, &c.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a Phlebitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| b Varix | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| c Pylephlebitis | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| d Varicocele | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 84 | (A) Status Lymphaticus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 84 | (B) Other diseases of the Lymphatic System | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 85 | (A.B.C.) Haemorrhage; other diseases of the Circulatory System | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a Functional disease of the heart . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| b Epistaxis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| c Other diseases included under 85 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| IV.—Diseases of the Respiratory System. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 86 | Diseases of the Nasal Fossæ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 87 | (A.B.C.) Diseases of the Larynx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a Laryngismus stridulus | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| b Laryngitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| c Other diseases of larynx | 2 | - | 1 | - | — | — | — | - | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| 88 | Diseases of the Thyroid Body | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 89 | (A.B.) Bronchitis a Bronchiectasis, Bronchial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catarrh, &c. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 90 | b Other bronchitis | 185 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 114 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 41 | 28 | 30 | 5 | 70 | 115 | 17 | 39 |
| 91 | Broncho-pneumonia | 55 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 10 | - | 28 | 27 | 2 | 5 |
| 92 | a Lobar pneumonia | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 5 |
| 92 | b Pneumonia (type not stated) | 56 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 11 | - | 28 | 28 | 3 | 1 |