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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 1881

[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 year 1881.

TABLE III.

Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1881.

Cause of Death.AGES.Total.Males and Females.
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 of Diseases.M.F.
I. Zymotic Diseases5119382391276631......1081759778
II. Constitutional Diseases308971927211922236...14719211082
III. Local Diseases94281614182731556787668...138511246265
IV. Developmental Diseases9391...441......934731031659273
V. Violent Deaths5...4142133...1......9| 24168
Not specified or ill-defined1............3311............1945
Totals27464684554756484991221081544061076565511
I. Zymotic Diseases. Order1Miasmritir.
Small Pox...............111..................321
Measles3941...........................1617125
Scarlet Fever13109...1...1...............14251411
Diptheria......771........................71587
Croup226..............................101091
Whooping Cough15511........................1113310
Typhoid Fever......424221211......419127
Erysipelas1.....................1............122...
Puerperal Fever...............52.....................7...7
Influenza1.........1........................111...