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Lewisham 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: Table 14.Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1907.

Table 14.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1907.

Causes of Death.Deaths Whoi.e BoroughBorough DivisionsDeaths in Public Institutions in the Boroueh.Deaths ol Residents outside the BorouehDeaths of Non-residents in the Borough
Under 1 year1 and under 5 years5 and under 15 years15 and under 25 years25 and under 65 years65 years and overTotal all AgesLeeLewishamSydenham and Forest i Hill
12345678910111213
Class I.—Infective Diseases1 Small-Pox—————————————
2 Measles2114———17—15243
8 Scarlet Fever—651——1228272—64
4 Typhus Fever————————————
5 Plague————————————
6 Influenza————106103942——
7 Whooping Cough18302———50423237——
8 Diphtheria—107———17—13442—29
9 Enteric Fever———1——1—1—3—3
10 Epidemic Diarrhœa5—————5—41———
11 Epidemic Enteritis5—————5—321——
12 Dysentry————1—1—1——1—
13 Venereal Diseases————112—2—3—1
14 Puerperal Septicœemia Fev————4—4—311——
15 Infective Endocarditis————112—2——1—
1G Erysipelas—1——517—434——
17 Septicoemia not Puerperal2—2—1—5—323—2
18 Pyaemia—1—12—422—131
19 Other Septic Diseases—————————————
Class III.— Malign- Class II.— ant Tuberculous Diseases Diseases20 Phthisis22420104613815794438148
21 Meningitis2107———193142723
22 Peritonitis221—1—61321—_
23 Scrofula————————————_
24 Other Tuberculous Dis31342723131991252
25 Cancer, Carcinoma————584410210573523163
26 Sarcoma—11—619—5412—
27 Other Malignant Diseases————1116275121041—
'28 Meningitis (not Tuber.)643—1115—11422—
Class IV.— Nervous Diseases29 Insanity (G. P. Insane) .——111415311228415—
30 Epilepsy———11051638563—
31 Convulsions145——. ——1921341——
32 Locomotor Ataxy————2351221——
33 Paraplegia, Dis. of Cord————415—232—2
34 Other Nervous Diseases——221272341451166
Class V.— Diseases of Heart and Blood Vessels35 Valvular Disease, Endocarditis—134411968739221952
36 Cerebral Haemorrhage————27396613302338117
37 Thrombosis————123—211—1
38 Apoplexy, Hemiplegia———1615224108221
39 Aneurysm————7—7133—--
40 Embolism———113532—1—-
41 Thrombosis, not Cerebral———1—11—————
42 Other Dis. Heart and Blood Vessels11——434479614592325719