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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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NOTICE.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers, and
Diarrhoea, 23 of the deaths occurred in Hospitals situated beyond the
limits of the District.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature
Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.

Table: TABLE IV.Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1893, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one gear of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 Births and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

TABLE IV.

Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1893, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one gear of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 Births and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I. (Adults).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population, at all ages.Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases1511.55102.8
2. Pulmonary Diseases3263.35222.0
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases1481.52100.8
Division II. (Infants under One Year).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Births.Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths under 1 Year.
4. Wasting Diseases9237.2298.7
5. Convulsive Diseases3614.6116.8