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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 1891

[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 1891.

TABLE III.

Deaths registered at several groups of ages from different causes during the year 1891.

Cause of Death. Classes of Diseases.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
M.F.
Zymotic Diseases. (Specific Febrile).
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Measles91191...........................29301614
Scarlet Fever...21...........................2312
Whooping Cough17822...........................2729920
Diphtheria...2341........................51037
Typhoid Fever.........1...1........................211
Diarrhœa1712.........1......11......20241212
Erysipelas1.....................1............1211
Pyæmia1....................................111...
Septicæmia1...1..................1......2321
Puerperal Fever............12........................3...3
Order Parasitic.
Thrush1....................................11...1
Order 3.—Enthplic.
Syphilis8............1...1................81055
Order 4.—Dietetic.
Alcoholism.........• • •...111..................321
Totals55221992523121......961215368