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Lewisham 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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No. of Frontage
Drains.
No. of Ventilating
Shafts
No. of
Gullies.
Old Gullies
repaired.
73
9
82
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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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Scrical fever | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 39 | 22 | 17 | ||
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Mumps | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Quloiry | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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 | 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 | 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 | ||
| Order 3-distic | ||||||||||||
| want of Breast milk | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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 | ||||||||||||
| ??? | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Phihlsis | 1 | 1 | 7 | 49 | 21 | 3 | — | 86 | 52 | 34 | ||
| Hydrocephalus | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 10 | 9 | ||
| III. LOCAL diseases | Order 1.- Nervous system | |||||||||||
| Cephalitis | 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 | |
| — | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | 13 | 10 | ||||
| Ancurism | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 27 | ||
| Hœmorrhagic Diathesis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Laryngitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bronchitis | 10 | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 73 | 34 | 39 | ||
| Pneumonia | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 18 | |||
| Pleurisy | — | 1 — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Asthma | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carried forward | 141 | 95 | 23 | 80 | 88 | 101 | 12 | '575 | 282 | 393 | ||
Storm water drains have been executed along part of
Sydenham Hill, at a cost of £2116, half the amount being
borne by the Camberwell Hoard.
Improvements have been made at the Hospital, Hither
Green, by the erection of a new Wurd, and other general
repairs throughout the building.
At Forest Hill there arc at present a great number of
houses without an outfall Sewer, and the Hoard have from
time to time endeavoured as far as possible to provide a
remedy for the evil by offers to contribute towards the cost
of the proposed works through the private property, which,
however, have not been accepted by the owners, and the
works have not therefore been executed.
This plan, however, when executed, will only provide for
a portion of that locality ; there will still remain a considerable
number of houses along St. Germain's Road, leading
from the point of boundary on the Forest Hill Road to the
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, which are also
without an outfall, and for which a Sewer must be provided ;
but the chief part of the houses being at the extreme part of
the District, near Camberwell, the Sewer must pass through
a long length of arable land, the whole of which, I have no
doubt, will at some future time be laid out for building
purposes.