[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 14

Lewisham 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Table 3.Causes of Death during the Year1926.

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Table 3.

Causes of Death during the Year1926.

Causes of Death.		Nett Deaths at subjoined ages of Residents occurring within and without the District.								Total Deaths at all Ages.
Causes of Death.		Under 1 year.	1 and under 2.	2 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 45.	45 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	Males.	Females.	Total.
1. Enteric Fever		-	-	-	-	-	_	1	-	1	-	1
2. Small Pox		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. Measles		5	6	3	1	-	-	-	-	6	9	15
4. Scarlet Fever		-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
5. Whooping Cough		3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	6
6. Diphtheria		-	1	4	4	-	-	1	-	6	4	10
7. Influenza		-	-	-	1	1	2	8	12	11	13	24
8. Erysipelas		-	1	-	1	-	2	-	-	2	2	4
9. Pulmonary Tuberculosis		-	-	-	2	36	63	34	-	77	58	135
10. Tuberculous Meningitis		-	1	3	9	2	-	-	-	10	5	15
11. Other Tuberculous Diseases		-	-	2	2	1	2	3	2	5	7	12
12. Cancer		-	-	-	1	2	14	112	117	124	122	246
13. Rheumatic Fever		-	-	-	5	2	2	-	1	5	5	10
14. Meningitis		1	-	1	2	-	-	1	-	2	3	5
15. Organic Heart Disease		-	-	-	2	7	15	63	117	81	123	204
16. Bronchitis		7	2	1	1	1	1	18	105	60	76	136
17. Pneumonia (all forms)		21	13	8	8	2	23	34	50	74	85	159
18. Other Respiratory Diseases		-	-	1	-	-	5	9	14	13	16	29
19. Diarrhœa and Enteritis		10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	11
20. Appendicitis & Typhlitis		-	-	-	1	2	1	8	1	8	5	13
21. Cirrhosis of Liver		-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	6	3	9
21a. Alcoholism		-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	3
22. Nephritis&Bright'sDisease		-	-	-	1	7	13	17	23	30	31	61
23. Puerperal Fever		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
24. Otheraccidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition		-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	6
25 Congenital Debility, Pre mature Birth		48	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	36	15	51
26. Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide		1	1	3	7	9	9	14	31	45	30	75
27. Suicide		-	-	-	-	1	7	4	1	7	6	13
28. Other Defined Diseases		20	6	5	10	11	54	142	387	289	346	635
29. Diseases ill-defined or unknown		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals		116	34	36	59	84	220	476	865	908	982	1890
Sub-Entries.	14(a). Cerebro-spinal Meningitis	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	28(a). Polio-Myelitis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	28(b). Encephalitis Lethargica	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	2	-	2
included in above figures.	28(b). Encephalitis Lethargica	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	2	-	2
	17 (a). Lobar-pneumonia	2	1	1	2	1	11	23	10	29	22	51
	17(b). Pneumonia (type not stated)	1	-	-	2	-	3	1	8	7	8	15