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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 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham

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Table: SUMMARY OF TABLE III.

SUMMARY OF TABLE III.

I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases—No. of Deaths.
1. Miasmatic Diseases170
2. Diarrhœal „82
8. Malarial „
4. Zoogenous „
5. Venereal4
6. Septic „18
II.—Parasitic Diseases2
III.—Dietic Diseases7
IV.—Constitutional Diseases290
V.—Developmental Diseases
VI.—Local Diseases—
1. Diseases of Nervous System146
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense2
3. Diseases of Circulatory System92
4. Diseases of Respiratory System249
5. Diseases of Digestive System96
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System1
7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain 12
8. Diseases of Urinary System32
9. Diseases of Reproductive System—
(a) Diseases of Organs of Generation7
(6) Diseases of Parturition7
— 14
10. Diseases of Bones and Joints4
11. Diseases of Integumentary System4
VII.—Violence—
1. Accident or Negligence15
2. Homicide
3. Suicide4
4. Execution—
VIII.—Ill-defined and not Specified Causes52
Total
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.