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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TABLE III. (Continued.)
Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1876.
Cause of Death.
Classes.
ages.
Male and
Female.
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
Total.
M.
F.
III. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
Cephalitis and Meningitis
6
4
3
2
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
13
17
10
7
Apoplexy
• • •
• • •
...
...
...
...
3
4
7
10
6
3
...
...
33
17
16
Paralysis
...
• • •
...
...
1
...
...
3
8
10
8
1
...
...
31
10
21
Insanity
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
2
1
1
Epilepsy
...
...
1
1
1
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
7
3
4
Convulsions
19
11
• • •
• • •
...
• • •
...
1
...
...
...
...
30
31
20
11
Brain Disease
1
1
1
• • •
1
...
• • •
• • •
3
2
• • •
• • •
...
3
9
3
6
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.
Pericarditis
• • •
...
...
• • •
• • •
...
1
1
...
• • •
...
...
...
...
2
1
1
Aneurism
• ••
• • •
• • •
• • •
• • •
...
1
1
...
• • •
...
...
...
...
9
2
0
Heart Disease
1
1
1
3
1
4
4
16
11
12
6
•••
• • •
3
60
32
28
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.
Laryngitis
2
...
• • •
1
1
• • •
• • •
...
• • •
• • •
...
...
• • •
2
4
1
3
16