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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 1882

[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 1882.

TABLE III.

Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1882.

Cause of Death. Classes of Diseases.AGES.Total.Males 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 yearsM.F.
I Zymotic Diseases531630288474...31......991547777
II. Constitutional Diseases6410152123243019156......2017373100
III. Local Diseases1376135322122375279724010...233598316282
IV Developmental Diseases87823...42...11422101971546787
V. Violent Deaths2...23...1...13...1......41385
TOTALS28589798150547087102104702014531092541551
I. Zymotic Diseases. Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Small pox............212.....................523
Measles10454...........................1923716
Scarlet Fever1155...........................71239
Diphtheria...299...........................11211110
Quinsy111..............................3312
Croup113..............................5541
Whoopimng Cough15661...........................27281414
Typhoid or Enteric Fever..........4...2........................1073
Erysipelas..................1......1............211
Dysentery1..................1...............122...