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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 1883

[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 1883.

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 11 to 22 to 50 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & upwards.Total under 5 years
M.F.
I. Zymotic Diseases512128204662135......1001476582
II. Constitutional Diseases172572324351625841...2416761106
III. Local Diseases114202423132835456489545...158514251263
IV. Developmental Diseases12382115424132415113320310895
V. Violent Deaths21113213113......419145
VI. Causes not ascertained or ill defined...........................2............2...2
Totals3075260524465816895116902114191052499553
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Small Pox...• • •...• • •.......................................
Measles10562• • •1• • •..................21241410
Scarlet Fever4363...11..................1318711
Diphtheria...573...• • •1..................121688
Quinsv......1......• • •• • •..................111...
Croup......22• • •• • •• • •..................2413
Whooping Cough11742...........................2224816
Typhoid or Enteric Fever......• • •411............1.........725
Simple continued Fever.................................1.........1...1
Erysipelas......1• • •...• • •.....................111...
Puerperal Fever............112.....................4...4