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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 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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DEATHS DURING THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE
YEAR 1866.
| CLASSES OF DISEASE. | CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES AT DEATH. | Total. | Male. | Female. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | Under 10. | Under 20. | 20 and under 40. | 40 and under 60. | 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | |||||
| Order1.—Miasmatic. | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Measles | 10 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 13 | 8 | |
| Scarlatina (Scarlet Fever) | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 8 | 4 | |
| Diptheria | 3 | 17 | I | — | — | — | — | 21 | 10 | 11 | |
| Croup | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
| Hooping Cough | 17 | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 13 | 19 | |
| Typhus Fever | — | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | |
| Erysipelas (Rose) | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Carbuncle | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Diarrhoea (Bowel Complaint) | 6 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | |
| Cholera | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
| Remittent Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rheumatism | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Order 2.—Enthrtic. | |||||||||||
| Syphilis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Order 3.—Dietic. | |||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Alcoholism: Intemaperance D.Tremens | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Order 4—Parasitic. | |||||||||||
| Thrush | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Order 1.- Diathetic | |||||||||||
| Dropsy | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Cancer | — | — | - | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 13 | |
| Abscess | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mortification | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Order 2.— Tubercular. | |||||||||||
| Scrofula | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Phthisis (Consumption) | 1 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 2 | — | 64 | 35 | 29 | |
| Hydrocephalus (Water on the Brain) | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
| Order 1.—Nervous System. | |||||||||||
| Cephalitis | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Apoplexy | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 12 | |
| Epilepsy | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | —_ | 3 | 2 | l | ||
| Palsy (Paralysis) | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 10 | |
| Convulsions | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | 11 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Order 2.—Organs of Circulation. | |||||||||||
| Pericarditis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Aneurism | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 17 | ||
| Order 3.—Respiratory Organs. | |||||||||||
| Laryngitis | — | —_ | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bronchitis | 10 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 48 | 24 | 24 | |
| Pneumonia | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | .39 | 23 | 16 | |
| Pleurisy | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Asthma | — | — | —_ | — | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carried forward | 488 | 257 | 231 | ||||||||