London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Lewisham 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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5 from small-pox.
21 „ measles.
12 „ scarlatina.
21 „ diptheria.
5 „ croup.
32 „ whooping cough.
22 „ fever.
4 „ erysipelas.
1 „ carbuncle.
11 „ diarrhoea.
10 „ cholera.
The deaths from diathetic diseases amounted to 31; from
tubercular diseases 86.
3 from scrofula.
7 „ tabes mesenterica.
12 „ hydrocephalus.
64 „ phthisis.
From diseases of the brain and nervous system 81.
From diseases of the heart and circulation 39.
From diseases of the respiratory organs 97.
From diseases of the digestive organs 38.
From diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs 9.
From developmental diseases 109, of which
27 died from teething.
5 „ in child-birttl.
23 „ of old age.
54 „ of atrophy and debility.
Twenty died violent deaths, of which
16 died from accidcnts or negligence.
2 „ „ homicide.
2 „ ,, suicide.
Registrar General's Report.
The meteorology of the year presents some peculiarities.
The mean temperature was half a degree above the average
of 25 years, but it was not so cold in the winter and autumn,
nor so warm in the spring and summer as usual.