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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 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE III.—C ontinued.Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1873—Continued.

TABLE III.—C ontinued.

Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1873—Continued.

Cause of Death. Classes.AGES.Total.
0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & upwardsTotal under 5 years
III. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System. Cephalitis and Meningitis5224......2..................915
Apoplexy.........11...18355.........24
Paralysis..................112571......17
Epilepsy...............1......11............3
Convulsions14631........................2324
Brain Disease2...1.........11234......314
Order 2.—Organs of Circu
lation.
Aneurism..................1.....................1
Heart Disease2......3277811174......261
Order 3.—Respiratory Or
gans.
Laryngitis.........1..............................1
Bronchitis271544...155121493...4699
Pleurisy............1......111............4

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NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diptheria, Whooping Cough,
Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature
Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.