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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 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Carbuncle.....................1..................11...
Dysentery..................1............1......2...2
Diarrhoea111...............1...1............14104
Ague..............................1......1...1
Rheumatism. ........1........................202...
Pyœmia.....................1...............1...1
Tetanus...............1..................11...
Order 2.—Enthetic.
Syphilis1. . .....................................11...
Order 3.—Dietic.
Want of Breast Milk3. . .....................................312
Purpura and Scurvy1.......................................1...1
Intemperance........................11............22...
Order 4.—Parasitic.
Thrush6.......................................601
Totals4225211841245212. . ....1256659
II. Constitutional Diseases.
Order 1.—Diailcetic.
Gout...........................2............211
Dropsy2...............11112.........835
Cancer.... . ....366687.........36828
Mortification............. . .............32.........514
Order 2.—Tubercular.
Scrofula...11...1........................312
Tabes972...21........................21147
Phthisis1...1261627321664............1105951