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 Lewisham Borough]
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Table 10.
Causes of,
Causes of Death | Deaths Whole Borough | Total all Ages | Borough Divisions | Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions in the Borough | Deaths of Residents outside the Borough | Deaths of Non-residents in the Borough. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 23 years | 25 and under 43 years | 45 and under 63 years | 65 years and upwards | Lee | Lewisham | Sydenham and Forest Hill | |||||||
In Public Institutions | In other places. | ||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
Class A.-Infective Diseases | 1 Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | - | - |
2 Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
3 Measles | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | - | |
4 Scarlet Fever | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | |
5 Whooping Cough | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | |
6 Diphtheria | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 27 | 1 | 17 | 9 | - | 21 | 1 | - | |
7 Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
8 Influenza | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
9 Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
10 Cerebrospinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
11 Epidemic Diarrhœa | 57 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 62 | 12 | 32 | 18 | 11 | - | 5 | 1 | |
12 Epidemic Enteritis | 45 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 53 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
13 Dysentry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
14 Venereal Diseases | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | - | |
15 Puerperal Disea e | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
16 Septicœmia | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | |
17 Pyæmia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | |
18 Infective Endocarditis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | |
19 Other Infective Diseases | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
Class B.- Tuberculous Diseases | 20 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculous) | - | - | - | 2 | 21 | 48 | 25 | 8 | 104 | 13 | 55 | 36 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
21 Meningitis | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
22 Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | |
23 Scrofula | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
24 Other Tuberculous Dis. | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | |
ClassC.- Malignant Diseases | 25 Cancer, Carcinoma | - | - | - | 1 | - | 13 | 64 | 58 | 136 | 20 | 78 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
26 Sarcoma | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | - | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
27 Other Malignant Dis. | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
28 Meningitis (not Tuber.) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 16 | - | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
Class D.- Nervous Diseases | 29 Insanity | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 2 | - |
30 Epilepsy | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | - | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | |
31 Convulsions | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | |
32 Locomotor Ataxy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
33 Paraplegia(Dis.of Cord) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
34 Other Nervous Diseases | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | - | ||
Class E.- Diseases of Heart and Blood Vessels | 35 Valvular Disease, Endocarditis | - | - | - | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 32 | 91 | 10 | 47 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
36 Cerebral Hemorrhage | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 28 | 33 | 64 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 11 | - | |
37 Thrombosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
38 Apoplexy, Hemiplegia | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
39 Aneurysm | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | - | 6 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
40 Embolism | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | |
41 Thrombosis, not Cereb. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
42 Pericarditis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
43 Other Dis. of Heart and Blood Vessels | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 50 | 106 | 11 | 58 | 37 | 12 | 18 | 8 | - |