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 IV.
Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1000 Deaths, 1873, viz.:—
Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1000 of Population. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths. | |
---|---|---|---|
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases | 85 | 1.56 | 107.46 |
2. Pulmonary Diseases ( Other than Phthisis) | 166 | 3.04 | 209.86 |
3. Tubercular Diseases | 95 | 1.74 | 120.10 |
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants | 68 | 1.25 | 85.96 |
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants | 73 | 1.34 | 92.29 |
* Registrar-General's Annual Summary, 1873.