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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 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: DEATHS DURING FOUR QUARTERS OF THE YEAR 1858.

DEATHS DURING FOUR QUARTERS OF THE YEAR 1858.

AGES Causes of Death.MONTHS.YEARS.TotalM.F.
03612345101520253035404550556065707580859095100
I.
Small Pox------1--------------------11-
Measles--131----------------------523
Scarlatina---3422161-----------------19105
Diptheria------1261-----------------1082
Hooping Cough--2542-11------------------15105
Croup----1121-------------------541
Thrush-22------------------------44-
Diarrhœa-344-------1------------1--1376
Dysentery-------------------1-1-----44-
Influenza----------------1----1-----2-2
Purpura---1--------------1--211
Infantile Fever---1-----------------------11-
Typhus----11--2-22111------------1129
Metria-----------1---------------1-1
Rheumatic Fever--------1-----11-----------33-
Erysipelas------------------1---1----211
Noma--------1------------------1-1
II.
Hæmorrhage------------1-----1--------2-2
Dropsy---1--------1-1---21-11----835
Mortification----------------------1----1-1
Cancer-----------1-1--3--3-1-----945
III.
Serofula-----1--1--1---1-----------422
Tabes Mesenterica-2---1---------------------321
Phthisis-1------2-37135624---------341420
Hydrocephalus---2211-2------------------862
IV.
Cephalitis---1-----------1-----------211
Apoplexy--------------211112-11----1064
Paralysis-----------------221111-1--936
Epilepsy-----------2-----11--------422
Convulsions21---11-2------------------734
Brain Disease---1------1---1---111-1----743
V.
Heart Disease-----------1--1211121211---1477
Total29922 |13108524261645121289101238712219111108