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Lewisham 1875

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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TABLE III.
Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1875.
Cause of Death.
Classes.
AGES.
Total.
Males and
Females
0
to
1
l
to
2
2
to
5
5
to
15
15
to
25
25
to
35
35
to
45
45
to
55
55
to
65
65
to
75
75
to
85
85
to
95
95
& upwards.
Total
under
5 years
M.
f.
I. Zymotic Diseases
58
15
12
12
12
13
6
4
6
5
1


85
144
73
71
II. Constitutional Diseases
31
9
6
7
25
29
37
26
16
5
6
1

46
198
90
108
III. Local Diseases
73
14
19
12
11
18
32
49
70
77
51
6

106
432
212
220
IV. Developmental Diseases
97
10
4
3

1
3

1
9
23
7

111
158
81
77
V. Violent Deaths
7
1
1
2
1
2
1


3
1


9
19
12
7
Not specified, or ill defined


1


1







1
2

2
Totals
266
49
43
36
49
64
79
79
93
99
82
14

358
953
468
485
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order /.—Miasmatic.
Measles
1
1
1
1
1








3
5
1
4
Scarlet Fever

1
6
3

1







7
11
7
4
Diptheria
2

3
2
1








5
8
2
6
Quinsey
1












1
1
1

Croup

3

1









3
4
1
3
Whooping Cough
9
8











17
17
9
8
Typhus Fever









1




1
1

Typhoid Fever



2
7
6
2

2
1



20
8
12