Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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DEATHS DURING THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE
YEAR 1867.
CLASSES OF
DISEASE.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
AGES AT DEATH.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Under 1
year.
Under 10.
Under 2o.
20 and
under 40.
40 and
under 60.
60 and
under 80.
80 and
upwards.
I
ZYMOTIC
DISEASES.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Small-pox
4
2
—
4
—
4
—
14
6
8
Measles
—
3
-
-
-
-
-
3
1
2
Scarlatina (Scarlet Fever)
3
:5
-
1
—
—
—-
9
4
5
Diptheria
6
1
1
-
-
-
8
4
4
Croup
3
4
-
-
1
-
-
8
4
4
Hooping Cough
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
16
7
9
Typhoid Fever
1
7
2
10
2
3
1
26
17
9
Erysipelas (Rose)
-
-
I
-
-
1
—
2
2
0
Metria
-
—
-
1
—
—
-
1
0
1
Carbuncle
-
—
—
-_
1
—
1
1
0
Influenza
—
-
-
1
—
1
-
2
1
1
Diarrhoea (Dowel Complaint)
20
3
—
-
—
3
-
26
18
8
Rheumatism
-
-
-
2
-
-
—
2
4
0
Pytemia
-
-
-
-
1
—
-
1
0
1
Order 2.—Enthetic.
Syphilis
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
1
Order 3—Dietic.
Want of Breast Milk
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
4
1
Alcoholism :
Intemperance
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
2
1
1
D. Tremens J
Order 4—Parasitic.
Thrush
8
—
—
—
—
—
—
8
5
3
II.
CONSTITUTIONAL
DISEASES.
Order \.—Diathetic
Dropsy
—
1
-
—
—
2
-
3
1
2
Cancer
-
-
1
2
5
8
-
16
7
9
Mortification
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0
1
Cout
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
2
0
2
Order 2.— Tubercular.
Scrofula
—
—
1
—
—
-
-
1
0
1
Tabes Mesenterica
6
4
1
-
—
-
-
11
5
6
Phthisis (Consumption)
1
1
5
38
16
4
-
65
37
28
Hydrocephalus (Water on the
Brain)
9
3
1
—
—
—
—
13
6
7
III.
LOCAL
DISEASES.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
Cephalitis
1
2
-
1
1
-
-
5
2
3
Apoplexy
-
-
-
2
5
7
1
15
7
8
Palsy (Paralysis)
—
1
-
1
6
12
2
22
16
6
Epilepsy
—
-
1
3
3
1
—
8
5
3
Convulsions
15
3
-
—
—
—
—
18
11
7
Brain Disease, &c.
2
3
—
—
1
3
1
10
7
3
Order 2.— Organs of Circulation.
Heart Disease
1
2
1
4
13
16
1
38
16
22
Aneurism
—
—
-
—
1
—
—
1
1
0
Order 3.—Respiratory
Orqans.
(Edema Glottidis
-
-
-
-
-
1
—
1
0
1
Laryngitis
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
1
0
Bronchitis
18
3
1
-
7
22
6
57
30
27
Pleurisy
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
0
1
Pneumonia
13
7
1
1
6
-
1
29
16
13
Asthma
—
—
-
—
1
2
—
3
2
1
Lung Disease, &c
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
2
0
2
Carried forward
120
69
17
76
72
92
13
459
248
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