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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 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE III.Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1873.

TABLE III.

Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1873.

Cause of Death. Classes.AGES.Total.
0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & upwardsTotal under 5 years
I. Zymotic Diseases421520115551...411...77110
II. Constitutional Diseases183472617201514102......25136
III. Local Diseases7833161892331434355355...127389
IV. Developmental Diseases70172...3140114248...89144
V. Violent Deaths2......214...3...............212
Totals2106842384450606258836214...320791
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic. Measles254..............................1111
Scarlet Fever...144...1.....................510
Diptheria1...6..............................77
Croup1......2...........................13
Whooping Cough1063..............................1919
Typhus Fever......1..............................11
Enteric or Typhoid......132...1..................17
Simple Continued Fever...........................1............1