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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 1884

[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 1S84.

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 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 8c upwards.Total under 5 years '
M.f.
I. Zvmotic Diseases783038169865852......146205101104
II. Constitutional Diseases1425181813343530201182...5722813098
III. Local Diseases983910111615364366764881147467228239
IV. Developmental Diseases97211621...2144312...10018173108
V. Violent Deaths31...4346421...1...429209
Totals29097675047638482981071012314541110552558
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order /.—Miasmatic.
Small Pox........................1...............11...
Measles1381532...........................412021
Scarlet Fever11321...........................853
Diphtheria1254..............................1284
Quinsy............1...........................11...
Croup247.................................1376
Whooping Cough311272..............................522131
Enteric Fever.........325...11...............12210
Erysipelas1..................1212.........743
Puerperal Fever...............1........................11