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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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TABLE III. (C ontinued.)
Deaths registered from all causes during the year 1893.
| AGES. | Total. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 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 & up-wards. | ||
| Drowning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| Hanging | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Otherwise | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 4.—Execution. | ||||||||||||
| Hanging | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 42 | |
| VIII. Deaths from Ill-defined and not Specified Causes. | . | |||||||||||
| Dropsy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Debility, Atrophy, Inanition | 46 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47 |
| Mortification | .. | ... | ... | ... | . . . | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tumour | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Abscess | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Hæmorrage | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Sudden Death (cause not ascertained) | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Causes not Specified or Ill-defined | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| 51 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 62 | |