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Lewisham 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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TABLE III.
Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1873.
Cause of Death.
Classes.
AGES.
Total.
0
to
1
1
to
2
2
to
5
5
to
15
15
to
25
25
to
35
35
to
45
45
to
55
55
to
65
65
to
75
75
to
85
85
to
95
95
& upwards
Total
under
5 years
I. Zymotic Diseases
42
15
20
11
5
5
5
1
...
4
1
1
...
77
110
II. Constitutional Diseases
18
3
4
7
26
17
20
15
14
10
2
...
...
25
136
III. Local Diseases
78
33
16
18
9
23
31
43
43
55
35
5
...
127
389
IV. Developmental Diseases
70
17
2
...
3
1
4
0
1
14
24
8
...
89
144
V. Violent Deaths
2
• • .
...
2
1
4
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
2
12
Totals
210
68
42
38
44
50
60
62
58
83
62
14
...
320
791
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Measles
2
5
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
11
11
Scarlet Fever
• • •
1
4
4
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
10
Diptheria
1
...
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
7
Croup
1
• • •
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
3
Whooping Cough
10
6
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
19
19
Typhus Fever
• • •
• • •
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Enteric or Typhoid
• • •
• • •
1
3
2
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
7
Simple Continued Fever
• • •
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1