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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham District]
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PENGE. 1856. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | North Surrey Industrial School. | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Scarlatina | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Malignant Sore Throat | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 1 | I | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | I | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | |
Diarrhoea of Infants | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Lung Diseases, except | 2 | 1 | I | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
Phthisis | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Hydrocephalus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tabes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Scrofula | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Spasmodic Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Convulsions of Children | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | |
Other diseases, chiefly Chronic | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
Violence | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
Privation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Poison | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Premature Birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Natural Decay | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |