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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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Influenza..............................1.........11...
Dysentery...............1........................11...
Diarrhoea20......1.........1...12......2025916
Remittent Fever...1...1...........................122...
Rheumatism............1...1111............532
Pyœmia1......11...1......1.........1523
Order 2.—Enthelic.
Syphilis2......1...........................2312
Hydrophobia......1..............................111...
Order 3.—Dietic.
Want of Breast Milk1....................................11...1
Alcoholism...............1........................11...
Order 4.—Parasitic.
Thrush2....................................222...
Totals512128204662135......1001476582
II. Constitutional Diseases. Order 1.—Diathetic.
Dropsy.........11.........11............413
Cancer......1......15714641...1391128
Cancrum Oris.....................1...1............22...
Order 2.—Tubercular.
Scrofula.........2..............................2...2
Tabes Mesenterica1313..............................1717611
Phthisis2113212330810............4994059
Hydrocephalus2......11........................2413
Totals172572324351625841...2416761106