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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 1885

[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 1885.

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 1l to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & upwards.Total under 5 years
M.F.
I. Zymotic Diseases73372712116224621...13718310182
II. Constitutional Diseases27111317222432141213162...57,19389104
III. Local Diseases922717161728416880906220136558270288
IV. Developmental Diseases9892......2. . .......8311621091687296
V. Violent Deaths51232121221.... . .822166
VI. Causes Ill-defined. . ................111......1......431
Totals29585614852617880991191124024411128551577
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Malaria.... . .. . ........... ..1..................11...
Small Pox2...............1...11.........255...
Measles817103. . .............. . ..........35382117
Diphtheria11542........................71358
Quinsy1....................................111...
Croup4311...........................8954
Whooping Cough161310. . ..... . ......................39392019
Typhoid Fever...1. . .274......11.........11697
Erysipelas....... . .. . .111.....................321
Puerperal Fever.......... . ....1........................1...1