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No. 3, OR LEWISHAM WARD. 1856. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Union Workhouse. | St. George's Infant Poorhouse. | 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. | Over 80. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Small Pox . | — | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Measles | _ | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||
Scarlatina | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Malignant Sore Throat | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hooping Cough | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
Diarrhoea and Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Diarrhoea of Infants | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | / | |
Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
Intermittent Fever | _ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Lung Diseases, except Phthisis | 3 | 2 | 6 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 12 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 31 | |
Phthisis | 4 | _ | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||||
Hydrocephalus | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | I | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Tabes | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
Scrofula | — | — | _ | _ | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —> | — | — | — |
Spasmodic Croup | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Convulsions of Children | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 8 | 3 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 11 | |||
Other diseases, chiefly Chronic | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 47 | ||||
Violence | _ | _ | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | —. | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Privation | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Poison | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Premature Birth | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Natural Decay | _ | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | I | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Rheumatism | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |