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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 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE III.Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1877.

TABLE III.

Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1877.

Cause of Death. Classes.AGESTotal.Males and Females.
0 to 1l to 22 to 55 to 1015 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & upwards.Total under 5 years
M.F.
I. Zymotic Diseases48925127784853......82 !1366571
II. Constitutional Diseases18126101721241511961...361507872
III. Local Diseases802414191813314771714511...118444213231
1Y. Developmental Diseases9514.........52...1...1711...1091497673
V. Violent Deaths6232......19...313...11231013
Not specified, or ill defined22...1......21......1......4954
Totals249634844424GG86991927326...360911447464
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Small Pox............1...1...1...............312
Measles222..............................6633
Scarlet Fever1...751........................814104
Diptheria...112...........................2422
Croup1...3..............................4422
Whooping Cough846..............................1818612
Typhus...........................1............101
Typhoid Fever......245411...............217107
Simple Continued Fever......3..................1.........3431