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Lewisham 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham District]
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| No. 2, OR SYDENHAM 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. | 80 and above. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scarlatina | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Malignant Sore Throat | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhoea of Infants | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | ||
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lung Disease, except | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | 7 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| Phthisis | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Hydrocephalus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Tabes | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | i | 1 | 2 |
| Scrofula | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Spasmodic Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Convulsions of Children | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Other diseases chiefly Chronic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | _ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ft | b | 3 | 1«> | 1<» | 32 | |||
| Violence | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | — | _ | ____ |
| Privation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poison | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Premature Birth | l | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Natural Decay | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |