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Lewisham 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham

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SUMMARY OF TABLE III.
No. of Deaths
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases—
1. Miasmatic Diseases 112
2. Diarrhœal „ 106
3. Malarial „ —
4. Zoogenous „ —
5. Venereal „ 9
6. Septic „ 12
II.—Parasitic Diseases —
III.—Dietic Diseases 9
IV.—Constitutional Diseases 285
V.—Developmental Diseases 165
VI.—Local Diseases—
1. Diseases of Nervous System 148
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense —
3. Diseases of Circulatory System 107
4. Diseases of Respiratory System 183
5. Diseases of Digestive System 70
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System 1
7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use 2
8. Diseases of Urinary System 42
9. Diseases of Reproductive System—
(a) Diseases of Organs of Generation 3
{b) Diseases of Parturition 10
— 13
10. Diseases of Bones and Joints 6
11. Diseases of Integumentary System 1
VII.—Violence—
1. Accident or Negligence 28
2. Homicide 1
3. Suicide 10
4. Execution
VIII.—Ill-defined and not Specified Causes 60
Total 1370
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.