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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 10 —
| Causes or Death | Deaths Whole Borough | Total all Ages | Borough Divisions | Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions in 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 9 years | 5 and under 19 years | 15 and under 29 years | 25 and under 4B years | 45 and under 69 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 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Class F.- Respiratory Diseases | 44 Croup (Spasmodic, &c.) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 Bronchitis | 24 | 5 | 2 | I | - | 4 | 23 | 77 | 136 | 17 | 72 | 47 | 28 | 1 | 31 | - | |
| 46 Broncho-pneumonia | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | |
| 47 Pneumonia (all other forms) | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 70 | 9 | 36 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 11 | - | |
| 48 Asthma, Emphysema | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 49 Pleurisy | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 50 Other Respiratory Dis. | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | - | 2 | - | |
| Class G.- Digestive Diseases | 51 Enteritis(not Epidemic) | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 8 | - |
| 52 Gastro-enteritis | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 53 Gastro-intestinal Catar. | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 54 Peritonitis (not Puerperal) | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | --- | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | ||
| 55 Appendicitis&Typhlitis | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | - | |
| 56 Gastric Ulcer | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| 57 Cirrhosis of Liver | - | - | - | – | - | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 58 Other Diseases of Liver | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 59 Other Digestive Diseases | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 48 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |
| Class H. Urinary Diseases | 60 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | - |
| 61 Other Urinary Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Class | 62 Generative Organs, Diseases of | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 63 Old Age | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 150 | 151 | 27 | 83 | 41 | 57 | 5 | 25 | - | |
| Class J- General Diseases | 64 Premature Birth | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 Congenital Debility ana Malformation | 73 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 80 | 6 | 49 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 42 | 1 | |
| 66 Chronic Rheumatism | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 67 Rheumatic Fever | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 68 Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 69 Alcoholism | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 70 Gout | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 71 Diabetes Mellitus | - | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | - | - | |
| 72 All Other Diseases | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 47 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | - | |
| Class K- Accidents | 73 Burning: and Scalding | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 7 | - | 7 | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| 74 Overlaying | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
| 75 Poison | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 76 Drowning | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | |
| 77 Other Accidents | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | |
| Class L- Violence | 78 Homicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 79 Suicide | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Grand Totals | 357 | 68 | 62 | 75 | 67 222 | 401 | 590 | 1842 | 245 | 992 | 605 | 396 | 218 | 239 | 16 | ||