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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 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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DEATHS—Continued.
CLASSES OF
DISEASE.
CAUSES OF i)E \tii.
AGES AT DEATH.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Under 1
Year.
Under 5
Under 10.
Under 20.
20 and
under 40.
40 and
under 60.
60 and
under 80.
80 and
upwards.
III.
local
diseases
(CONTINUED)
Brought forward .
144
95
32
23
80
88
101
12
575
282
293
Order 4.— Digesttn Organs
Gastritis
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
2
0
2
Enteritis
1
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
2
1
1
Peritonitis
2
1
—
1
1
1
1
—
7
3
4
Ascites
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
0
1
Ulceration of Intestines.
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
2
1
1
Hernia
1
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
2
0
2
Intussusception
—
—
—
—
2
2
—
—
4
2
2
Stricture of Intestine
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
2
1
1
Stomach Disease
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
2
1
1
Hepatitis
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
2
1
1
Jaundice
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
2
0
2
Liver Disease, &c .
—
—
—
1
4
4
1
10
4
6
Oder 5. Urinary organs
Nephria
—
—
—
1
3
1
—
5
3
2
Diabetes
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
0
Caleulus
I
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
1
0
Ruptured Bladder
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
1
0
Cystitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
0
Kidney Diseases
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
0
ORDER 6.— Organs of
Generation.
Uterus Disease
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
0
1
Order 7—Diseases of Organs
of Locomotion
Synovetis
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
1
0
1
IV.
DEVELOPMENTAL
DISEASES.
Order 1.—Derelopmental
Diseases of Children.
Premature Birih
18
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
21
10
11
Cyanasis
2
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
4 1
4
0
Other Malformation
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
2
0
Teething
6
9
—
—
—
—
—
—
15
11
4
Order 9.— Developmental
Diseases of Adults.
Childbirth
—
—
—
—
5
—
—
—
5
0
5
Order 3.—Developmental
Diseases of Old People
Old Age
—
—
—
—
—
—
23
19
42
15
27
Order 4.— Diseases of
Nutrition.
Atrophy and Debility
27
13
1
—
—
1
2
—
44
22
23
V.
VIOLENT
DEATHS.
Order 1.—Accidents or
Negligence.
Fractures and Contusions
1
3
1
1
—
—
1
8
6
2
Burns and Scalds
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
0
1
Drowing
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
I
0
Suffocation
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
2
2
0
Otherwise
l
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
0
Order 4.—Suicide.
Wounds
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
0
Poison
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
2
0
Hanging
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
0
Sudden.—Cause not ascertained
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
0
Causes not specified, or
ill-defined
10
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
12
6
6
Total
217
124
36
27
100
110
140
34
788
389
399