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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 1887

[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 1887.

TABLE III.

Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1887.

Cause of Death.AGES.Total.Males and Females.
0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to l015 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 & upwards.Total under 5 years
Classes of Diseases.M.F.
I. Zymotic Diseases55252595471124......1051387266
II. Constitutional Diseases111311162026311612134......3517310073
III. Local Diseases125512912223043749112181142203695341354
IV. Developmental Diseases9913...............17311611031596891
V. Violent Deaths6......22338......11...6261610
Totals296| 906839496384991051431213134521191597594
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Measles615172...........................38402218
Scarlet Fever1212...........................46...6
Whooping Cough13622...........................2123149
Diphtheria3...41...11..................71064
Typhoid Fever.........22...2.....................624
Diarrhœa252..................112......27312110
Erysipelas3...............2......12......3945
Pyaemia1....................................111...
Puerperal Fever............332.....................8...8