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Lewisham 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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TABLE III.
Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1883.
Cause of Death.
Classes of Diseases.
AGES.
Total.
Males and
Females.
0
to
1
1
to
2
2
to
5
0
to
15
15
to
25
25
to
35
35
to
45
45
to
55
55
to
65
65
to
75
75
to
85
85
to
95
95
& upwards.
Total
under
5 years
M.
F.
I. Zymotic Diseases
51
21
28
20
4
6
6
2
1
3
5
...
...
100
147
65
82
II. Constitutional Diseases
17
2
5
7
23
24
35
16
25
8
4
1
...
24
167
61
106
III. Local Diseases
114
20
24
23
13
28
35
45
64
89
54
5
...
158
514
251
263
IV. Developmental Diseases
123
8
2
1
1
5
4
2
4
13
24
15
1
133
203
108
95
V. Violent Deaths
2
1
1
1
3
2
1
3
1
1
3
...
...
4
19
14
5
VI. Causes not ascertained or
ill defined
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
Totals
307
52
60
52
44
65
81
68
95
116
90
21
1
419
1052
499
553
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Small Pox
...
• • •
...
• • •
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Measles
10
5
6
2
• • •
1
• • •
...
...
...
...
...
...
21
24
14
10
Scarlet Fever
4
3
6
3
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
13
18
7
11
Diphtheria
...
5
7
3
...
• • •
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
12
16
8
8
Quinsv
...
...
1
...
...
• • •
• • •
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
Croup
...
...
2
2
• • •
• • •
• • •
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
4
1
3
Whooping Cough
11
7
4
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
22
24
8
16
Typhoid or Enteric Fever
...
...
• • •
4
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
7
2
5
Simple continued Fever...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
1
Erysipelas
...
...
1
• • •
...
• • •
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
Puerperal Fever
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
4