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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 1888

[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 1888.

TABLE III.

Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1888.

Cause of Death.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 & upwards.Total under 5 years
Classes of Diseases.M.F.
I. Zymotic Diseases663442282334352......1421921ll81
II. Constitutional Diseases1399122325193426165......311919497
III. Local Diseases13354242421193948841058213...211646337309
IV. Developmental Diseases751...2............1113730...761576889
V. Violent Deaths5321...49213.........1030219
VI. Causes III-defined3...• • •.........21...31......31037
Totals29510177674651728911514312743...4731226634592
I. Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Measles2745...........................1318117
Scarlet Fever1231...........................6734
Whooping Cough3120214...........................72764333
Diphtheria341316......1..................20372116
Typhoid Fever.........22121111.........1165
Diarrhœa2011............1...2.........2225178
Erysipelas1• • •-• • •...............1...1......1532
Pyæmia.....................1..................l...1
Puerperal Fever...............2........................2...2