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Lewisham 1885

[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 1885.
Cause of Death.
Classes of Diseases.
ages.
Total.
Males and
Females.
0
to
1
l
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
& upwards.
Total
under
5 years
M.
F.
I. Zymotic Diseases
73
37
27
12
11
6
2
2
4
6
2
1
...
137
183
101
82
II. Constitutional Diseases
27
11
13
17
22
24
32
14
12
13
16
2
...
57
,193
89
104
III. Local Diseases
92
27
17
16
17
28
41
68
80
90
62
20
136
558
270
288
IV. Developmental Diseases
98
9
2
...
...
2
• • •
...
...
8
31
16
2
109
168
72
96
V. Violent Deaths
5
1
2
3
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
...
• • •
8
22
16
6
VI. Causes Ill-defined
• • •
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
1
...
...
4
3
1
Totals
295
85
61
48
52
61
78
80
99
119
112
40
2
441
1128
551
577
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Malaria
...
• • •
• • •
...
...
...
• ••
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
Small Pox
2
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
2
5
5
...
Measles
8
17
10
3
• • •
...
...
...
...
• • •
...
...
...
35
38
21
17
Diphtheria
1
1
5
4
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
13
5
8
Quinsy
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
Croup
4
3
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
9
5
4
Whooping Cough
16
13
10
• • •
...
• • •
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
39
39
20
19
Typhoid Fever
...
1
• • •
2
7
4
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
1
16
9
7
Erysipelas
...
...
• • •
• • •
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
2
1
Puerperal Fever
...
...
...
• • •
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1