Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham District]
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SUMMARY OF TABLE III.
No. of Deaths | |
---|---|
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases— | |
1. Miasmatic Diseases | 171 |
2. Diarrhoeal „ | 87 |
8. Malarial „ | — |
4. Zoogenous „ | 1 |
5. Venereal „ | 5 |
6. Septic „ | 11 |
II. Parasitic Diseases | 1 |
III.—Dietic Diseases | 6 |
IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 280 |
V.—Developmental Diseases | 150 |
VI.—Local Diseases— | |
1. Diseases of Nervous System | 167 |
2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 5 |
3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 124 |
4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 228 |
5. Diseases of Digestive System | 92 |
6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | 2 |
7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 2 |
8. Diseases of Urinary System | 42 |
9. Diseases of Reproductive System— | |
4 | |
(b) Diseases of Parturition | 4 |
8 | |
10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | 2 |
11. Diseases of Integumentary System | 2 |
VII.—Violence— | |
1. Accident or Negligence | 37 |
2. Homicide | 1 |
3. Suicide | |
4. Execution | 1 |
VIII.—Ill-defined and not Specified Causes | 50 |
Total | 1482 |
Note—The Deaths of non-residents occurring in Public Institutions situated
in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of residents occurring
in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are
included.