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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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| CLASSES OF DISEASE. | CAUSES OF i)E \tii. | AGES AT DEATH. | Total. | Males. | Females. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year. | Under 5 | Under 10. | Under 20. | 20 and under 40. | 40 and under 60. | 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | |||||
| III. local diseases | Brought forward . | 101 | ||||||||||
| Order 4.— Digesttn Organs | ||||||||||||
| Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||||
| Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Peritonitis | — | 1 | — | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Ascites | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ulceration of Intestines. | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Hernia | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Intussusception | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Stricture of Intestine | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | |||||
| Hepatitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jaundice | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |||||
| — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| Nephria | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Diabetes | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Caleulus | I | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Ruptured Bladder | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Cystitis | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| ORDER 6.— Organs of Generation. | ||||||||||||
| Uterus Disease | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Order 7—Diseases of Organs of Locomotion | ||||||||||||
| Synovetis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | |||
| Order 1.—Derelopmental Diseases of Children. | ||||||||||||
| Premature Birih | 3 | 21 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||
| Cyanasis | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Other Malformation | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Teething | 6 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 4 | |||||||
| Order 9.— Developmental Diseases of Adults. | ||||||||||||
| Childbirth | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Order 3.—Developmental Diseases of Old People | ||||||||||||
| Old Age | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 19 | 42 | 15 | |||
| Order 4.— Diseases of Nutrition. | ||||||||||||
| Atrophy and Debility | 13 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 44 | 22 | |||
| Order 1.—Accidents or Negligence. | ||||||||||||
| Fractures and Contusions | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||
| Burns and Scalds | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Drowing | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | I | 0 | ||
| Suffocation | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Otherwise | l | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Order 4.—Suicide. | ||||||||||||
| Wounds | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Poison | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Hanging | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Causes not specified, or ill-defined | 10 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 12 | 6 | |||
| Total | 217 | 124 | 27 | 100 | 110 | 140 | ||||||
I am, Gentlemen,
Your faithful Servant,
W. H. TREVERTON,
To the Board of Words Sewers Surveyor,
for the District.