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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 1878

[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 gear 1878.

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 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & upwards.Total under 5 years
Classes.M.F.
1. Zymotic Diseases972931178754441......157207102105
II. Constitutional Diseases2585825373323171241......3819896102
III. Local Diseases92411818101134505874446...151456228228
IV. Developmental Diseases909......212151629131991698287
V. Violent Deaths2.........22...12611......217152
Not specified, or ill defined421...1.........1...11......71156
Totals3108955454856758190108802014541058528530
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasma tic.
Small Pox21.........2........................3514
Measles6331...........................121349
Scarlet Fever73127......1...2...............22321715
Diptheria21131........................4844
Croup1241...........................7835
Whooping Cough28136..............................47472423
Typhoid Fever......142........................1734
Simple Continued Fever............11......1...............812
Erysipelas...1...............1......1......1312