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Lewisham 1888

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Table: TABLE V.Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1878 to 1887, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,and the number in 1888.

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TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1878 to 1887, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,

and the number in 1888.

Disease.	1878.	1879.	1880.	1881.	1882.	1883.	1884.	1885.	1886.	1887.	Annual Average of 10 years, 1878—1887.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1878—1887.	1888.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1888.
Smallpox	5	0	0	3	5	0	1	5	0	0	1.9	1.7	0	0.0
Measles	13	32	14	17	23	24	41	38	5	40	24.7	22.7	18	14.6
Scarlet Fever	32	11	11	25	12	18	8	0	4	6	12.7	11.6	7	5.7
Diphtheria	8	4	4	15	21	16	12	13	25	10	12.8	11.7	37	30.1
Whooping Cough	47	24	65	13	28	24	52	39	32	23	34.7	31.9	76	61.9
Fever	10	9	17	19	10	10	12	16	6	6	11.5	10.5	11	8.9
Diarrhœa	41	14	41	39	22	26	31	37	60	31	34.2	31.4	25	20.3
Total	156	94	152	131	121	118	157	148	132	116	134.4	123.6	174	109.6
London	18220	12310	13681	13906	13533	10801	13633	11262	11202	12684	13123	158.9	10803	137.0
Total Deaths from all causes	86695	85540	81128	81071	82905	80578	83050	80000	82257	82208	82543	........	78848	........
England and Wales	82473	60157	82537	58239	72188	58972	71762	57726	62859	64686	67159	127.9	50684	99.2
Total Deaths from all causes	539574	528194	528056	491813	516654	522662	531951	522517	522517	530577	524907	........	510690	........