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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 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE IV.
Showing Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions
to Population, and to 1000 Deaths, 1876.
Total Deaths.
Deaths per
1000 of
Population.
Proportion of
Deaths to
1000 Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases
185
3.07
188.00
2. Pulmonary Diseases
(Other than Phthsis)
169
2.80
171.70
3. Tubercular Diseases
124
2.06
126.02
4. Wasting Diseases of
Infants
93
1.54
94.51
5. Convulsive Diseases of
Infants
72
1.20
73.17
643
10.67
653.46
NOTE.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diptheria, Whooping Cough,
Fever, and Diarrhæa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Prematuro
Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.