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Lewisham 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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TABLE III.
Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the gear 1878.
Cause of Death.
ages.
Total.|
Males and
Females.
0
to
1
1
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
Classes.
M.
F.
1. Zymotic Diseases
97
29
31
17
8
7
5
4
4
4
1
...
...
157
207
102
105
II. Constitutional Diseases
25
8
5
8
25
37
33
23
17
12
4
1
......
38
198
96
102
III. Local Diseases
92
41
18
18
10
11
34
50
58
74
44
6
...
151
456
228
228
IV. Developmental Diseases
90
9
...
...
2
1
2
1
5
16
29
13
1
99
169
82
87
V. Violent Deaths
2
...
......
2
2
...
1
2
6
1
1
...
...
2
17
15
2
Not specified, or ill defined
4
2
1
...
1
......
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
7
11
5
6
Totals
310
89
55
45
48
56
75
81
90
108
80
20
1
454
1058
528
530
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasma tic.
Small Pox
2
1
......
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
5
1
4
Measles
6
3
3
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
12
13
4
9
Scarlet Fever
7
3
12
7
......
1
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
22
32
17
15
Diptheria
2
1
1
3
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
8
4
4
Croup
1
2
4
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
8
3
5
Whooping Cough
28
13
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
47
47
24
23
Typhoid Fever
...
...
1
4
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
7
3
4
Simple Continued Fever
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
8
1
2
Erysipelas
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
1
3
1
2