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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. ( Continued.)Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1878.

TABLE III. ( Continued.)

Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1878.

Cause of Death.ages.Total.Male and Female.
0 to 1l 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.
Order 2.—Continued.
Phthisis...2152236251672.........31166155
Hydrocephalus13323...........................18211110
Total2585825373323171241...3819896102
III. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
Cephalitis3121...2...21............61248
Apoplexy.........1...2339108.........361818
Paralysis...............1...23761......20713
Corea......1...........................111
Epilepsy............1......12...1......532
Convulsions2722..............................31311615
Brain Disease11...1...112241......21477
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.
Aneurism........................2...............2...2
Heart Disease......142151411165......1592633