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Lewisham 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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The annual rate of mortality per 1,000 was 13.92.
The annual rate of mortality of England and Wales in
the year 1884 was 19.3.
In the Metropolitan and City Police Districts 19.7.
In Registration London, 20.3; and in the district outside
Registration London, 175 per 1,000.
By reference to Table III., which gives the mortality
registered at several groups of ages, it will be seen that, of
the 1,110 Deaths registered from all causes in 1884, 454
died under the age of 5 years, of which number 290 deaths
occurred under 1 year of age.
290 deaths occurred under 1 year of age.
97 between the ages of 1 and 2
67 „ „ 2 „ 5
50 „ „ 5 „ 15
47 „ „ 15 „ 25
63 „ „ 25 „ 35
84 „ „ 35 „ 45
82 „ „ 45 „ 55
98 „ „ 55 „ 65
107 „ „ 65 „ 75
101 „ „ 75 „ 85
23 „ „ 85 „ 95
1 „ „ 95 and upwards.
Of the diseases which produced the mortality at these
ages—