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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. ( C ontinued.)Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1877.

TABLE III. ( C ontinued.)

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

Cause of Death. Classes.AGESTotal.Male and Female.
0 to 1l to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 351 35 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & upwards.Total under 5 years
M.F.
III. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
Phthisis3......615212210221......3824042
Hydrocephalus1742...........................1214104
Totals18126101721241511961...361507872
Cephalitis and Meningitis221111...3...1.........51257
Apoplexy............1...3411865......382216
Paralysis.....................158............23158
Insanity..............................1.........110
Epilepsy.........21.........1...............431
Convulsions2851............1...............34352213
Brain Disease...11............212.........21037
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.
Pericarditis...............1........................101
Heart Disease2......432611142211......2752451