Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1S84.
Cause of Death.
Classes of Diseases.
AGES.
Total.
Males and
Females.
0
to
1
1
to
2
2
to
5
5
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
8c upwards.
Total
under
5 years
'
M.
f.
I. Zvmotic Diseases
78
30
38
16
9
8
6
5
8
5
2
...
...
146
205
101
104
II. Constitutional Diseases
14
25
18
18
13
34
35
30
20
11
8
2
...
57
228
130
98
III. Local Diseases
98
39
10
11
16
15
36
43
66
76
48
8
1
147
467
228
239
IV. Developmental Diseases
97
2
1
1
6
2
1
...
2
14
43
12
...
100
181
73
108
V. Violent Deaths
3
1
...
4
3
4
6
4
2
1
...
1
...
4
29
20
9
Totals
290
97
67
50
47
63
84
82
98
107
101
23
1
454
1110
552
558
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order /.—Miasmatic.
Small Pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
Measles
13
8
15
3
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
41
20
21
Scarlet Fever
1
1
3
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
5
3
Diphtheria
1
2
5
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
12
8
4
Quinsy
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
Croup
2
4
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
13
7
6
Whooping Cough
31
12
7
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
52
21
31
Enteric Fever
...
...
...
3
2
5
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
12
2
10
Erysipelas
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
1
2
...
...
...
7
4
3
Puerperal Fever
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1