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Lewisham 1856
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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 |