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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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| Cause of Death. | Under i Week. | i-2 Weeks. | 1-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under i Month. | i 2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | j-4 Months. | j-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | [6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | g-io Months. | ro-ii Months. | ti-i2 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | 73 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 127 | 41 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 325 | |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Common I Infectious Diseases | Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria: Memb. Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whooping Cougrh | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhoea, all forms | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Enteritis Muco-enteritis Gastro-enteritis | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 14 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | |
| Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 39 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 |
| Congenital Defects | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | 15 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | |
| Injury at Birth | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Want of Breast-milk | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 70 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | ||
| Other Causes | /Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | |
| Convulsions | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 14 | |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 17 | |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Pneumonia | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 30 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | |
| lOther Causes | 4 | 3 | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 17 | |
| 73 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 127 | 41 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 325 | ||
* Including 3eatTI^romnalnutrition, Inanition and Asthenia.
Population (estimated to middle of 1907), 152,532.
Births in the year—legitimate, 3,530; illegitimate, 92.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1,749.
Deaths under one year—legitimate 317, illegitimate 8.