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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 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham

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10.—Diseases of Bones and joints
Caries, Necrosis............2..................2
Arthritis, Ostitis, Periostitis....................................
Other Diseases of Bones and Joints....................................
11.—Diseases of Integumentary System.
Carbuncle, Phlegmon....................................
Other Diseases of the Integumentary System2...............11.........4
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VII. Deaths from Violence.
1.—Accident or Negligence.
Fracture and Contusions1...21312...1......14
Gunshot and Contusions....................................
Cut, Stab....................................
Burn, Scald...22...11...............6
Poison....................................
Drowning...1...............1.........2
Suffocation9..............................9
Otherwise2...2............1.........5
2.—Homicide.
Manslaughter....................................
Murder1..............................l
3.—Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds........................1......1
Cut, Stab..................1............l
Poison...............1...............l