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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 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE III.
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||