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Lewisham 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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.Table 11.
Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 1906.
| Disease Classes. | Lee Division. | Lewisham Division. | Sydenham and Forest Hill Division | Whole Borough | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Whole Year. | 1St Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Whole Year | 1St Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Whole Year | 1St Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Whole Year | ||
| 1. | infective | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 75 | 24 | 147 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 12 | 68 | 41 | 39 | 117 | 43 | 240 |
| II. | Tuberculous | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 101 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 60 | 48 | 33 | 42 | 52 | 175 |
| III. | Malignant | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 76 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 37 | 38 | 21 | 43 | 34 | 136 |
| IV. | Nervous | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 77 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 28 | 118 |
| V. | Heart & Blood Vessels. | 5 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 31 | 44 | 23 | 41 | 139 | 20 | 31 | 20 | 28 | 99 | 56 | 84 | 54 | 83 | 277 |
| VI. | Respiratory | 17 | 3 | — | 11 | 31 | 51 | 37 | 18 | 41 | 147 | 45 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 82 | 113 | 51 | 25 | 71 | 260 |
| VII. | D1gest1ve | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 30 | 17 | 95 | 22 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 62 | 54 | 36 | 56 | 35 | 182 |
| VIII. | Urinary | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 57 |
| IX. | GeneratIve Organs | . | 1 | — | . | 1 | — | . | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 4 |
| X. | General | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 50 | 38 | 29 | 30 | 146 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 33 | 97 | 78 | 74 | 52 | 69 | 272 |
| XI. | Accidents | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 42 |
| XII. | Violence | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Totals | 65 | 34 | 48 | 64 | 211 | 265 | 237 | 261 | 237 | 1000 | 164 | 119 | 145 | 138 | 566 | 494 | 390 | 454 | 439 | 1777 | |
| . For Diseases in each Class see Table 14. | |||||||||||||||||||||