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—Continued.
CLASSES OF
DISEASE.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
AGES AT DEATH.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Under 1
year.
Under 10.
Under 20.
20 and
under 40.
40 and
under 60.
60 and
under 80.
80 and
upwards.
III.
local
diseases
continued)
Brought forward
Order 4.—Digestive Organs
140
137
39
71
67
93
11
568
269
289
Gastritis
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
0
Enteritis
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
0
Peritonitis
1
—
—
3
1
—
—
5
2
3
Ascites
—
—
—
1
2
1
—
4
0
4
Ulceration of Intestines
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
1
0
Hernia
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
2
1
1
Intussusception
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
2
2
0
Stricture of Urethra
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
0
1
Stomach Disease, &c.
3
—
—
—
1
3
2
10
7
3
Hepatitis
1
—
—
—
2
1
1
5
3
2
Jaundice
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
0
1
Liver Diseases, &c.
—
1
—
1
6
4
1
13
8
5
Spleen Disease
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
1
1
0
Order 5.— Urinary Organs
Nephritis
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
1
0
1
Nephria
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
2
0
2
Diabetes
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
2
1
1
Calculus
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
1
0
Cystitis
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
0
Kidney Disease, &c
—
—
—
1
2
—
—
3
1
9
Order 6.—Organs of
Generation.
Disease of Womb
—
—
—
2
2
1
—
5
0
5
Joint Disease
—
—
i
—
—
—
—
1
1
0
Order 8.—Integumentary
System.
Plegmon
1
2
—
—
—
—
—
3
1
2
IV.
developmental
diseases.
Order 1.—Diseases of
Children.
Premature birth
12
1
—
—
—
—
—
13
8
5
Cyanosis
Malformation
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
1
1
0
0
Teething
7
1
—
—
—
—
—
8
3
5
Order 2—Diseasesof Adults.
Childbirth
—
—
—
5
—
—
—
5
0
5
Order 3.—Diseases of Old
People.
old age
—
—
—
—
3
13
7
23
9
14
Order 4.—Diseases of
Nutrition.
Atrophy and Debility
54
3
—
3
1
1
1
63
34
29
V.
VIOLENT
DEATHS.
Order 1.—Accidents or
Negligence.
Fractures
—
—
—
2
1
—
2
5
2
3
Wound
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
2
2
0
Burns and Scalds
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
0
Drowning
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
2
2
0
Suffocation
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
0
1
Otherwise
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
0
1
Order 3.—Homicide.
Murder
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
1
Order 4. -Suicide.
Wounds
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
0
1
Hanging
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
0
1
Falls
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
2
1
1
Sudden.—Cause not ascertained
or not specified
2
—
—
1
1
1
—
5
4
1
Total
227
151
43
97
96
121
26
761
371
90