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Lewisham 1868

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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15
DEATHS DURING THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE
YEAR 1868.
CLASSES OF
DISEASE.
CAUSES OP DEATH.
AGES AT DEATH.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Under 1
Year
Under 10.
Under 20.
20 and
under 40.
40 and
tinder 60.
60 and
under 80.
80 and
upward*.
I.
ZYMOTIC
DISEASES
Oreder 1. miasnatuc.
Meales
15
18
1
—
—
—
—
34
20
14
Searlet Fever
10
61
5
1
—
—
—
77
38
39
Diptheria
—
5
1
—
—
—
6
4
2
Croup
3
4
—
—
—
—
—
7
4
3
Hooping Cough
7
1
—
—
—
—
_
8
3
5
Typhus Fever
1
3
—
1
—
—
—
5
2
3
EnEnterie Fever
—
3
7
3
—
1
1
15
8
7
Simple Continued Fever
—
1
—
—
1
—
—
2
0
2
Erysinelas
—
—
—
2
1
—
—
3
1
2
Metria
—
—
—
4
—
—
—
4
0
4
Dysentery
—
—
1
—
1
0
1
Diarrgœa
22
3
1
—
2
1
—
29
15
14
Remittent Fever
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
0
1
Rheumatism
—
1
—
4
—
—
—
5
3
2
Pyæmia
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
1
0
1
Order 2. –Enthetic.
Syphilis
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
1
Order 3. Dietic.
Want of Breast Milk
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
0
2
Order 4–Pararitic.
Thrush
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
3
0
3
II.
CONSTITUTIONAL
DISEASES
Order 1.— Diathetic
Gout
—
—
—
—
3
1
—
4
3
1
Dropsy
—
—
—
1
1
1
—
3
1
2
Cancer
—
—
—
2
6
5
—
13
1
12
Mortification
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
1
0
Order 2. Tubercular.
Serofula
—
2
1
—
—
—
—
3
2
1
Tabes
3
2
1
—
—
—
—
6
4
2
Phthisis
6
1
17
29
11
5
—
69
39
30
Hydrocephalus
9
6
—
—
—
—
—
15
7
8
III.
LOCAL
DISEASES.
Order 1.—Nerrous System.
Cephalitis
—
3
1
2
—
1
—
7
4
3
Apoplexy
—
1
—
3
6
13
2
25
8
17
Paralysis
—
—
—
1
5
17
3
26
14
12
Epilepsy
—
—
—
2
1
1
—
4
2
1
Convulsions
19
5
1
—
—
—
—
25
15
10
Brain Disrate, &c.
4
2
1
1
1
—
—
9
3
6
Order 2.— Organs of Circulation.
Aneurism
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
2
1
1
Heart disease
1
1
l
5
18
15
1
42
17
25
Order 3. — Respiratory
Organs.
Laryngitis
2
I
—
1
1
1
—
6
3
3
Bronchitis
21
5
—
3
5
18
3
55
25
30
Pleuristis
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
2
0
2
Pneumonia
11
7
—
3
1
7
—
29
18
11
Asthma
—
—
—
—
—
4
—
4
1
3
Lung disease. &c.
—
—
1
—
2
—
—
3
0
3
Carried forward
140
137
39
71
67
93
11
558
269
289