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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 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham District]

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Table: SUMMARY OF TABLE III.

SUMMARY OF TABLE III.

No. of Deaths
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases—
1. Miasmatic Diseases171
2. Diarrhoeal „87
8. Malarial „—
4. Zoogenous „1
5. Venereal „5
6. Septic „11
II. Parasitic Diseases1
III.—Dietic Diseases6
IV.—Constitutional Diseases280
V.—Developmental Diseases150
VI.—Local Diseases—
1. Diseases of Nervous System167
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense5
3. Diseases of Circulatory System124
4. Diseases of Respiratory System228
5. Diseases of Digestive System92
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System2
7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use2
8. Diseases of Urinary System42
9. Diseases of Reproductive System—
(a) Diseases of Organs of Generation 4
(b) Diseases of Parturition 4
8
10. Diseases of Bones and Joints2
11. Diseases of Integumentary System2
VII.—Violence—
1. Accident or Negligence37
2. Homicide1
3. Suicide7
4. Execution1
VIII.—Ill-defined and not Specified Causes50
Total1482

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Note—The Deaths of non-residents occurring in Public Institutions situated
in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of residents occurring
in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are
included.