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Lewisham 1889

[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 1889.
Cause of Death.
Classes of Diseases.
AGES.
Total.
Males and
Females.
0
to
1
1
to
2
2
to
5
5
to
15
15
to
25
25
to
35
35
to
45
45
to
j 55
55
to
65
65
to
75
75
to
85
85
to
95
95
& upwards.
Total
under
^5 years
M.
F.
I. Zvmotic Diseases
49
27
15
7
2
4
2
1
2
3
2
...
...
91
114
65
49
II. Constitutional Diseases
15
10
9
10
20
29
30
42
40
21
5
1
...
34
232
111
121
III. Local Diseases
134
32
26
24
15
20
50
56
61
93
66
8
...
192
586
292
294
IV. Developmental Diseases
92
• • •
• • •
...
• • •
• • •
• • •
...
1
12
34
21
...
92
162
82
80
V. Violent Deaths
3
1
3
• • •
1
2
6
6
2
2
• • •
• • •
...
7
26
16
10
VI. Causes Ill-defined
1
...
•••
...
...
2
1
1
...
1
•••
...
...
1
6
3
3
Totals
294
70
53
41
38
57
89
106
106
132
107
30
3
417
1126
569
557
I. Zvmotic Diseases.
Order /.—Miasmatic.
Measles
10
6
4
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
20
21
l5
6
Scarlet Fever
...
3
3
3
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
• • •
6
9
7
2
Whooping Cough
9
12
2
...
...
...
• • •
...
...
...
• • •
• • •
• • •
23
23
9
14
Diphtheria
...
• • •
2
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
• • •
...
• • •
2
5
2
3
Typhoid Fever
• • •
• • •
1
l
1
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
6
4
2
Diarrhœa
22
6
3
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
31
34
20
14
Erysipelas
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
1
1
• • •
...
...
4
2
2
Puerperal Fever
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Order 2.-Parasitic.
Thrush
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
3
2
1
Order 3.—Venereal.
Syphilis
5
•• •
• • •
• • •
...
• • •
• • •
1
• • •
1
...
• • •
...
5
7
•
4
3
Totatls
49
27
15
7
2
4
3
1
2
3
?
?
?
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