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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 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham

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Table: TABLE IV.Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in1897,from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to1000of Population, and to1000Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to1000Births and to1000Deaths from all causes under one year.

TABLE IV.

Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in1897,from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to1000of Population, and to1000Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to1000Births and to1000Deaths from all causes under one year.

Division I. (All ages).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population, at all ages.Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases2181.9159.1
2. Pulmonary Diseases1831.6133.5
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases1641.4119.7
Division II. (Infants under One Year).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Births.Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths under 1 Year
4. Wasting Diseases10237.9301.7
5 Convulsive Diseases3211.994.6

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NOTICE.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers, and
Diarrhœa. 17 of the deaths occurred in Hospitals situated outside the
District.
2. Includes Influenza.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Rickets, Tabes, and Tubercular
Meningitis.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature
Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.