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Lewisham 1874

[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 /874.
Cause of Death.
Classes.
ages.
Total.
Males and
Females.
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
M.
f.
I. Zymotic Diseases
74
23
16
10
6
7
8
6
4
1
...
...
...
113
155
86
69
II. Constitutional Diseases
15
6
6
5
16
27
29
22
20
14
5
1
1
27
167
81
86
III. Local Diseases
77
21
17
12
15
14
30
37
55
64
32
3
...
115
377
209
168
IV. Developmental Diseases
67
6
4
1
...
2
2
...
1
11
24
11
...
77
129
66
63
V. Violent Deaths
2
...
...
1
1
2
3 • •
2
3
3
...
...
...
2
14
9
5
Totals
235
56
43
29
38
52
69
67
83
93
61
15
1
334
842
451
391
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Measles
9
8
7
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
24
25
13
12
Scarlet Fever
1
1
1
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
3
6
4
2
Diptheria
• • •
• • •
2
2
• • •
• •
...
...
...
• • •
...
...
...
2
4
8
1
Croup
1
3
2
1
• • •
• • •
...
...
...
• • •
...
...
...
6
7
4
3
Whooping Cough
14
11
• • •
• • •
• • •
• • •
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
25
25
15
10
Typhus Fever
• • •
...
• • •
1
• • •
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
Enteric or Typhoid
• • •
• • •
3
1
• • •
3
...
1
2
1
...
...
...
3
11
2
9
Simple Continued Fever
• • •
• • •
• • •
...
• • •
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
Erysipelas
2
...
• • •
...
• • •
• • •
1
1
1
• • •
...
...
...
2
5
2
3