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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 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: SUMMARY OF TABLE III.

SUMMARY OF TABLE III.

No. Of Deaths.
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases—
1.Miasmatic Diseases84
2.Diarrhœal „72
3.Malarial „—
4.Zoogenous „—
5.Venereal „8
6.Septic „9
II.—Parasitic Diseases2
III.—Dietic Diseases11
IV.—Constitutional Diseases276
V.—Developmental Diseases170
VI.—Local Diseases—
1.Diseases of Nervous System159
2.Diseases of Organs of Special Sense2
3.Diseases of Circulatory System110
4.Diseases of Respiratory System329
5.Diseases of Digestive System94
6.Diseases of Lymphatic System2
7.Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use2
8.Diseases of Urinary System40
9.Diseases of Reproductive System—
(a) Diseases of Organs of Generation4
(b) Diseases of Parturition37
10.Diseases of Bones and Joints8
11.Diseases of Integumentary System4
VII.—Violence—
1.Accident or Negligence25
2.Homicide1
3.Suicide13
4.Execution—
VIII.—Ill-defined and not Specified Causes68
Total1496

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Note—The Deaths of non-residents occurring in Public Institutions situated
in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of residents occurring
in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are
included.