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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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*Table 10.
Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 1905.
| 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 | |
| I. Infective | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 30 | 15 | 82 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 59 | 37 | 36 | 43 | 36 | 152 |
| II Tuberculous | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 19 | 26 | 23 | 100 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 50 | 36 | 42 | 44 | 172 |
| III. Malignant | 4 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 65 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 26 | 40 | 35 | 29 | 130 |
| IV. Nervous | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 68 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 25 | 22 | 114 |
| V. Heart & Blood Vessel | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 38 | 26 | 46 | 148 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 30 | 84 | 65 | 65 | 47 | 86 | 263 |
| VI. Respiratory | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 65 | 22 | 16 | 57 | 160 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 81 | 115 | 44 | 24 | 84 | 267 |
| VII. Digestive | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 21 | 32 | 27 | 113 . | 18 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 56 | 54 | 39 | 54 | 43 | 190 |
| VIII. Urinary | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 57 |
| IX. Generative Organs | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | |
| X. General | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 54 | 31 | 37 | 43 | 165 | 42 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 102 | 104 | 63 | 63 | 68 | 298 |
| XI. Accidents | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 |
| XII. Violence | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Totals | 46 | 51 | 39 | 50 | 186 | 295 | 204 | 209 | 258 | 966 | 176 | 129 | 103 | 131 | 539 | 517 | 384 | 351 | 439 | 1691 |
* For Diseases in each Class see Table 14.