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Lewisham 1856
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| No. 1, OR BLACKHEATH WARD. 1856. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 10. | Total under 10. | 10 to 20. | 20 to 30. | 30 to 40. | |40 to 50. | 50 to 60. | |60 to 70. | |70 to 80. | Above 80. | Males. | Females. | |Total. |
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| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlatina | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Malignant Sore Throat | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hooping Cough | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Diarrhoea of Infants | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Lung Diseases, &c. | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | b | ||
| Phthisis | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | ||||
| Hydrocephalus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I | I | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||||
| Tabes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
| Scrofula | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Spasmodic Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Convulsions of Children | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other diseases, chiefly Chronic | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | i | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | I | — | 16 | 14 | 30 | ||||
| Violence | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Privation | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poison | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Premature Birth | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| Natural Decay | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Rheumatism | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |