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Lewisham 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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SANITARY WORK.
To remedy a long standing nuisance three Urinals have
been erected in Lewisham Village, at a total cost of £115.
The River Quaggy was cleansed, and the bottom con???reted
at a cost of £ 55 18s. 6d.

Table: TABLE V.—DEATHS DURING THE FOURQUARTERSOF THE YEAR 1870.

TABLE V.—DEATHS DURING THE FOURQUARTERS

OF THE YEAR 1870.

CLASSES OF DISEASE.CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES AT DEATH.Total.M a lesFemales
Under 1 year.Under 5.Under 10.Under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.GO and under 80.80 and upwards.
I.ZYMOTIC DISEASES.Order I.—Miasmatic.
Smallpox———1———-11'0
Measles—12-----303
Scarlet Fever3391972——-703139
Diptheria—51—2——-826
Croup—1—-—-—-101
Hooping Cough1031———--14104
Typhus, &c--25621117611
Remittent fever22------431
Relapsing Fever—-———1--101
Erysipelas11---1--330
Innueusa3--—-———321
Diarrhoea403—11-3-482721
Pyœmia—-—112—-404
Rheumatic Fever——--211-431
Epidemic Mouth Disease——1-----101
Order 2,— Enthetic.
Syphilis2-—————-211
Order 3.—Dietic.
Want of Breast Milk2-—————-211
Alcoholism----11—-220
Order 4—Parotitic.
Thrush2-------211
II.CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.Order 1.—Diathetic
Gout—————1-110
Dropsy—1-1—12-532
Cancer———11109-21615
Abscess—1-——1--2l1
Mortification——--——11-211
Order 2.— Tubercular.
Scrofula-1-3——--404
Tabes5111-—--835
Phthisis642743203-854936
Hydrocephalu9—221—--1486
III. LOCAL DISEASES.Order 1.—Nervous System.
Cephalitis531—211-1385
Apoplexy———1189120146
Paralysis———-—6226341618
Epilepsy————21——321
Mania————1—--110
Chorea——1-----101
Convulsions314-1-_---361620
Brain Disease, &c.1—-1231—862
Order 2.— Organs of Circulation.
Pericarditis_--1----101
Aneurism------1122.0
Angina--—---1-110
Phlebitis-----1--110
Heart Disease———11214212502921
Order. 3.—Respiratory Organs.
Laryngitis1—2-----211
Bronchitis236—15101756742'25
Pleurisy----1-110
Pneumonia128112952402713
Asthma-—————2-220
Carried forward158843537879410218615334281

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Complaints having been made of Sewerage from the
vCroydon District flowing into the Hamlet of Penge, and
upon the same being represented the Croydon Board agreed
to defray the cost of a temporary drain, which was contructed
by this Board, until the Croydon Board had completed
their System of drainage in that locality.
I am,
Your obedient Servant,
W. H. TREVERTON.
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
205 applications have been received and granted, coinarising
tlie buildings and drainage of 324 houses, in most
cases alrteady executed. 150 houses permanently drained,
and 22 temporarily drained into cesspools.