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Lewisham 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: Table 14.Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough of Lewisham jor the year 1905.

Table 14.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough of Lewisham jor the year 1905.

Causes of Death.Deaths Whole BoroughBorough DivisionsDeaths in Public Institutions in the Borough.Deaths of Residents outside the BoroughDeaths of Non-residents in the Borough
Under 1 year1 and under 5 years5 and under 13 years15 and under 25 years25 and under 65 years65 years and overTotal all AgesLeeLewishamSydenham and Forest Hill
Class I.—Infective Diseases12349678910111213
1 Small-Pox————224_4_—3—
2 Measles8283—1141220195—4
3 Scarlet Fever—41———512273170
4 Typhus Fever—————————————
5 Plague—————————————
6 Influenza———29111461—1
7 Whooping Cough1311————242913———
8 Diphtheria143———8—5339—31
9 Enteric Fever——132—6141432
10 Epidemic Diarrhœa122————143831—1
11 Epidemic Enteritis171————18—144711
12 Dysentry————————————
13 Venereal Diseases2———2—4—13311
14 Puerperal Septiœmia Fev————4—4112———
15 Infective Endocarditis————1—1——1———
16 Erysipelas————2—2—2—2——
17 Septicaemia not Puerperal1—1—316—5131—
18 Pyaemia1————1—1—2—1
19 Other Septic Diseases——1—2—3—2121—
Class II.— Tuberculous Diseases20 Phthisis—162289812616753535173
21 Meningitis115—2—2221010331
22 Peritonitis1—11—4—223—2
23 Scrofula————-————————
24 Other Tuberculous Dis—43161201136621
Class III.— Malignant Diseases'25 Cancer, Carcinoma——1—59441042151321894
26 Sarcoma——1—82111644——
27 Other Malignant Diseases————7815285321
28 Meningitis (not Tuber.)364———131755—4
Class IV.— Nervous Diseases29 Insanity (G. P. Insane)————22214333191216—
30 Epilepsy———1517142534
31 Convulsions236————2921611—1—
32 Locomotor Ataxy———1121—1———
33 Paraplegia, Dis. of Cord————123—212—2
34 Other Nervous Diseases212—9317386661
Class V.— Diseases of Heart and Blood Vessels35 Valvular Disease, Endocarditis—1463827768432524—1
36 Cerebral Hemorrhage2——21928515361022111
37 Thrombosis————213—211——
38 Apoplexy, Hemiplegia————414184772—2
39 Aneurysm———1427—2512—
40 Embolism———2—2—11—1—
41 Thrombosis, not Cerebral———11—211————
42 Other Dis. Heart and Blood Vessels912440481041356351698