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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE IV.
Causes of, and Ages at Death during Year 1900.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards | Lewis-ham. | Sydenham. | Penge. | Lee. | ||
| Measles | 20 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | .. | 6 | 3 | • • | 1 | .. | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 |
| Whooping-cough | 50 | 32 | 16 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 28 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 36 | 2 | 21 | 12 | .. | 1 | .. | 28 | 6 | 2 | .. | 23 |
| Croup | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 15 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .. | 5 |
| Epidemic Influenza | 53 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 12 | |
| Diarrhœa | 76 | 60 | 9 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Enteritis | 54 | 38 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | l | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Other Septic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Phthisis | 130 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 100 | 2 | 55 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 32 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 59 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 8 | .. | 28 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 109 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 39 | 54 | 29 | 19 | 25 | |
| Bronchitis | 171 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 70 | 83 | 54 | 29 | 5 | 31 |
| Pneumonia | 101 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 23 | 53 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 19 |
| Pleurisy | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Alcoholism | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | .. | 4 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | ||||||||||||
| Venereal Diseases | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
| Premature Birth | 54 | 54 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Heart Diseases | 118 | .. | .. | 7 | 56 | 48 | 46 | 38 | 25 | 9 | 24 | |
| Accidents | 30 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| Suicides | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Homicide | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All other causes.. | 627 | 154 | 37 | 17 | 26 | 179 | 214 | 302 | 190 | 99 | 36 | 168 |
| All causes | 1782 | 415 | 185 | 75 | 80 | 581 | 446 | 864 | 535 | 276 | 107 | 407 |