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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 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Devonshire Road and Tyson Road, Forest Hill.
Glenmore Road, College Park Estate.
Bonfield Road (part only).
And received the sanction of your Hoard and that of the Metropolitan
Board, and were constructed under my superintendence,
in order that the same should he constructed of the necessary
levels and of proper materials, as it is important that a uniformity
should be maintained in connection with the outlet sewers laid
down by this Board and the Metropolitan Board.
TABLE VI.-DEATHS DURING THE FOUR QUARTERS
OF THE YEAR 1869.
| ??? | CAUSES OF DEATH. | AGES AT DEATIH. | 80 and upwards. | Total. | Males. | Females. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | Under 10. | Under 20. | 20 and under 40. | 40 and under 60. | 60 and under 80. | ||||||
| I. ???YMOTIC ???SEASES | ORDER 1.- Miasmatic. | ||||||||||
| Smallpox | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Measles | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 5 | 9 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 29 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 10 | 23 | 17 | |
| Diptheria | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Quin???y | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Croup | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Hooping Cough | 14 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 13 | 14 | |
| Typhus. &c. | - | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 15 | 9 | 6 | |
| ??? | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| carbuncle | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| influenza | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Diarrhœa | 22 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 17 | |
| ??? | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rheumatism | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| ORDER 2. Eathetic. | |||||||||||
| Syphilis | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| ORDER3. Dietic. | |||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Purpura and Scurvy | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Alcoholism | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| ORDER 4.- Diathetic | |||||||||||
| Thrush | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| II. ???ONSTITU TIONL ???ISEASES. | ORDEER1.-Diathetic | ||||||||||
| Gout | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dropsy | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Cancer | - | - | - | 3 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 26 | |
| ??? | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mortification | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| ORDER 2.- Tubercular | |||||||||||
| Scrofula | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tabes | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | 7 | |
| Phthisis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 4 | - | 58 | 32 | 26 | |
| Hydrocephalus | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 6 | 7 | |
| III. LOCAL DISEASES. | ORDER1-. Nercous System | ||||||||||
| Cephalitis | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 19 | 10 | 9 | |
| Apoplexy | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | |
| Paralysis | - | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 15 | |
| Epilepsy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
| Convulsions | 24 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 29 | 15 | 14 | |
| Brain Disease, &c. | 3 | 4 | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | 17 | 9 | 8 | |
| ORDER 2.-Organs of Cir Culation. | |||||||||||
| Pericarditis | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Auenrism | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Augina | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Heart Disease | 1 | 2 | - | 6 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 46 | 21 | 25 | |
| Order 3.- Respiratory Organs. | |||||||||||
| Spasm of Glottis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Laryngitis | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 73 | 30 | 43 | |
| Pleurisy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 33 | 21 | 12 | |
| Asthma | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Lung Disease, &c. | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Carried forward | 164 | 118 | 18 | 77 | 85 | 93 | 18 | 573 | 276 | 297 | |
PROJECTIONS, STREET FRONTAGES, &c.
A duty of considerable importance devolving upon the Board
is that of considering the applications for street frontages, &c., of
which thirty-seven cases have been under consideration during
the past year.
In a great many instances, but for the attention paid to this
important subject, examples of construction would have occurred
to the great prejudice of public convenience and comfort.
NUISANCES.
An important duty devolving upon the Board is that of the
abatement of nuisances; and, in conjunction with the Inspector,
a great number have been inspected, and proceedings taken to
enforce the removal of the same.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your faithful Servant,
W. H. TREVERTON,
Sewers Surveyor.