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The average rate of mortality for the whole of London
during the decenniad from 1851 to 1861 amounted to 236
per 1000
The average annual rate of mortality for this district
between 1851 and 1861 was 168 per 1000
During the year 1865 the deaths registered bore the following
proportionto the estimated population:—
Blaekheath 1237 per 100O
Lewisham 1523 ,,
Sydenham 1535 „
Penge 1646 „
The mortality tables appended give a detailed account of
the causes of death, and the different ages at which death took
place, arranged in accordance with the plan of the registrargeneral,
and the following information may be obtained from
them, viz:—
164 deaths took place under 1 year of age
80 between 1 and under 10 „
31 „ 10 „ 20
78 „ 20 „ 40
69 „ 40 „ 60
112 „ 60 „ 80
18 above 80 years of age
552
131 deaths took place from zymotic diseases, out of which
5 died of smallpox
9 „ measles
13 ,, scarlet fever
7 „ diptheria
14 „ whooping cough
16 „ typhoid fever
5 ,, erysipelas
3 „ puerperal fever
3 ,, influenza
32 „ diarrhoea
101 died of constitutional disease, out of which
55 died of phthisis pulmonalis
24 „ other tubercular diseases