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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 1889

[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 1889.

TABLE III.

Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1889.

Cause of Death. Classes of Diseases.AGES.Total.Males and Females.
0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to j 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & upwards.Total under ^5 yearsM.F.
I. Zvmotic Diseases49271572421232......911146549
II. Constitutional Diseases151091020293042402151...34232111121
III. Local Diseases134322624152050566193668...192586292294
IV. Developmental Diseases92.....................1123421...921628280
V. Violent Deaths313...126622.........7261610
VI. Causes Ill-defined1............211...1.........1633
Totals2947053413857891061061321073034171126569557
I. Zvmotic Diseases.
Order /.—Miasmatic.
Measles10641...........................2021l56
Scarlet Fever...3333........................6972
Whooping Cough9122..............................2323914
Diphtheria......221........................2523
Typhoid Fever......1l111...1............1642
Diarrhœa2263...............111......31342014
Erysipelas...............11......11.........422
Puerperal Fever...............2.................................
Order 2.-Parasitic.
Thrush3....................................3321
Order 3.—Venereal.
Syphilis5•• •...............1...1.........5743
Totatls4927157243123????