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Lewisham 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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19
Deaths During the four Quarters of the
YEAR 1864.
CLASSES OF
DISEASE.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
AGES AT DEATH.
Under 1
year.
Under 10.
Under 20.
20 and
under 40.
40 and
under 60.
60 and
under 80.
80 and
upward.
Total.
Males.
Females.
I.
Zymotic
Diseases.
Order 1. Miasmatic.
Small-pox
—
5
—
3
—
—
-
8
5
3
Measles
1
8
—
1
—
—
—
10
6
4
Scarlatina (Scarlet Fever)
4
24
5
2
—
1
—
36
15
21
Diptheria
2
8
—
—
—
—
—
10
4
6
Quinsy
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
0
Croup
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
0
Hooping Cough
8
7
-
-
-
—
—
15
3
12
Typhus Fever
1
4
1
6
5
2
—
19
12
7
Erysipelas (Rose)
1
1
1
1
2
—
1
7
5
2
Puerperal fever (Metris)
-
-
—
5
—
—
-
5
0
5
Influenza
1
—
—
—
—
1
-
2
0
2
Dysentery
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0
1
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)
18
4
-
-
2
4
1
29
17
12
Cholera
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0
1
Remittent Fever
-
—
—
—
1
—
-
1
1
0
Rheumatism
—
—
—
3
—
1
-
4
3
I
Order 2.- Enthetic
Syphilis
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
1
Order 3.—Dietic.
Want of Breast Milk
1
-
—
—
—
—
-
1
0
1
Alcoholism: Intemperance
—
—
-
2
—
—
—
2
0
2
ORDER 4.-Parasitic.
Thrush
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
1
II.
Constitutional
Diseases.
Order 1.- Diathetic
Dropsy
-
-
-
-
3
6
-
9
3
6
Cancer
-
-
-
-
7
3
-
10
4
6
Tumour and Abscess
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
2
0
2
Mortification
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
3
1
2
Order 2.— Tubercular.
Scrofula
3
-
-
-
—
—
-
3
2
1
Tabes Mesenterica
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
1
Phthisis (Consumption)
2
5
3
28
21
4
—
63
32
31
Hydrocephalus (Water on the
Brain)
10
7
1
—
—
—
—
18
11
7
III.
Local
Diseases.
Order 1.- Nervous System.
Cephalitis
-
2
-
]
1
-
-
4
4
0
Apoplexy
-
-
1
-
6
4
1
12
2
10
Palsy (paralysis)
-
-
-
-
4
8
7
19
9
10
Epilepsy
-
-
1
-
1
1
—
3
1
3
Convulsions
8
6
-
-
-
—
—
14
8
6
Brain Disease &c.
1
-
-
1
2
5
—
9
2
7
Insanity
-
—
-
1
—
-
1
0
1
Order 2.—Organs of
culation
Heart Disease, &c.
1
-
1
5
13
16
—
36
20
16
Angina Pectoris
-
-
-
-
2
—
—
2
1
1
Hæmorrhage
—
—
—
—
—
2
-
2
1
1
Order 3.—Respiratory
Organs.
Spasm of Glottis
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
0
Laryngitis
1
-
-
—
—
—
-
1
1
0
Bronchitis
11
2
-
3
5
16
9
46
16
2
Pleurisy
2
—
-
—
—
—
—
2
0
2
Pneumonia
13
12
2
1
1
2
l
32
13
19
Asthma
-
-
—
—
1
2
-
3
2
1
Carried forward
99
100
17
64
77
80
21
458
214
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