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Lewisham 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: Table 14.Causes of, andAges at, Deathin the Borough of Lewi sham for theyear1908.

Table 14.

Causes of, andAges at, Deathin the Borough of Lewi sham for theyear1908.

Causes of Death.Deaths Whole BoroughBorough DivisionsDeaths in Public Institutions in the Borough.Deaths of Residents outside the BoroughDeaths 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 AgesLeeLevvishamSydenham and Forest Hill
12345678910111213
Class I.-Infective Diseases)1 Small-Pox----------
2 Measles7372-1-47328161G3
3 Scarlet Fever-65---1118275266
4 Typhus Fever-------------
5 Plague-------------
6 Influenza---21152851941-1
7 Whooping Cough17112---3032072--
8 Diphtheria122192--4432G1572140
9 Enteric Fever----4-41123-1
10 Epidemic Diarrhoea83---111911--
11 Epidemic Enteritis257----32521617-1
12 Dysentry----2-2-2-11-
13 Venereal Diseases5-----5-4112-
14 Puerperal Septicemia Fev---112--22-
15 Infective Endocarditis---11-2-111--
16 Erysipelas----1-1--11--
17 Septicoemia not Puerperal1-212-6-4223-
18 Pyasmia---11-211-121
19 Other Septic Diseases1----1---2---
Class II.- Tuberculous Diseases20 Phthisis1212110371351383394285
21 Meningitis610421-2321291123
22 Peritonitis121-2-6-42312
23 Scrofula-------------
24 Other Tuberculous Dis572103272187131-
Class III. Malignant Diseases25 Cancer, Carcinoma-1-2584911022513727153
26 Sarcoma1-122-6132-3-
27 Other Malignant Diseases---319133521815841
Class IV.- Nervous Diseases28 Meningitis (not Tuber.)65211153844)-3
29 Insanity (G. P. Insane)--1-198285176713o 2
30 Epilepsy-11-10113193621
31 Convulsions102----12111-
32 Locomotor Ataxy----2--1-1-1-
33 Paraplegia, Dis. of Cord----2131113-2
34 Other Nervous Diseases--1117625412976-
Class V.- Diseases of Heart and Blood Vessels A35 Valvular Disease, Endocarditis--. 153334731046171781
36 Cerebral Hemorrhage----2931602401826113
37 Thrombosis----257-34---
38 Apoplexy, Hemiplegia.----7815393---
39 Aneurysm----5-5-32---
40 Embolism----628143-1-
41 Thrombosis, not Cerebral----112-11---
42 Other Dis. Heart and Blood Vessels712-28407810452321617