Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE IX.—DEATHS DURING THE FOUR QUARTERS
OF THE YEAR 1872.
LASSES OF
DISEASE.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
AGES AT DEATH.
Total.
Males.
Females.
under 1
year.
Under 5.
Under 10.
Under 10.
3D and
Under 40.
40 and
under 60.
60 and
under 80.
80 and
upwards.
I
ZYMOTIC
DISEASES
Order 1. ????
Small pox
—
1
—
1
2
1
—
—
5
1
4
Measles
3
6
—
—
—
—
—
—
9
6
3
Scrical fever
4
28
4
3
—
—
—
—
39
22
17
Diphtheria
—
1
7
1
1
—
—
—
10
2
8
Mumps
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
0
1
Quloiry
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
0
1
Croup
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
1
Hooping cough
13
16
5
1
—
—
—
—
35
11
24
Typhus fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
0
1
Enteric or typhoid fever
—
—
1
3
3
4
—
—
11
5
6
Simple continued fever
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
2
0
2
Erysipelas
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
2
0
2
Maleria
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
0
1
Influenza
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
0
Diarirrhœa
28
4
1
—
—
—
3
—
36
21
15
Simple Cholera
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
0
Rheumatism
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
2
1
1
cerebro spianl memugitis
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
0
Order2 Entherix
Syphills
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
1
2
Order 3-distic
want of Breast milk
6
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
2
4
Purpusa
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
1
0
1
Intemperace
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
2
0
Order4 ???
Thrush
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
1
2
n.
CONSTITUTIONAL
DISEASES
Order1- Diabetes
Gout
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
2
2
0
Dropsy
—
—
—
—
1
1
1
—
3
1
2
Cancer
—
—
—
—
2
12
13
3
30
12
18
???
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
0
Order2-Tubercular
???
2
5
2
—
—
—
—
—
9
4
5
Phihlsis
4
1
1
7
49
21
3
—
86
52
34
Hydrocephalus
8
6
2
2
1
—
—
—
19
10
9
III.
LOCAL
diseases
Order 1.- Nervous system
Cephalitis
2
4
1
—
1
1
—
—
9
5
4
Apoplery
1
—
—
—
2
8
5
1
17
5
12
Paralysis
—
—
—
—
—
2
21
3
26
13
13
Epilepsy
2
1
—
1
—
1
—
—
5
2
3
Insanity
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
0
Convulations
19
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
22
15
7
Brain Disease
2
—
1
—
3
5
2
—
13
10
3
Order 2. Organs of
culation
Ancurism
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
2
2
0
Heart Disease, &c.
1
—
2
1
4
11
19
1
39
12
27
Hœmorrhagic Diathesis
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
0
Order 3. - organs of
ration
Laryngitis
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
2
0
2
Bronchitis
10
—
1
3
6
25
2
73
34
39
Pneumonia
11
5
3
1
3
9
2
1
35
18
17
Pleurisy
—
1 —
1
—
—
1
1
—
3
1
2
Asthma
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
1
0
Lung Disease, &c.
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
1
0
Carried forward
141
95
32
23
80
88
101
12
'575
282
393