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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 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE IV.Showing mortality from certain classes ofDiseases, and proportionto Population, and to1000Deaths, 1889.

TABLE IV.

Showing mortality from certain classes ofDiseases, and proportionto Population, and to1000Deaths, 1889.

Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases981.0787.03
2. Pulmonary Diseases (Other than Phthisis)2042.24181.17
3. Tubercular Diseases1461.60129.61
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants800.8871.04
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants570.6250.62
5856.44519.53