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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 IV.Showing mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportion to Population,and to1000Deaths, 1891.

TABLE IV.

Showing mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportion to Population,and to1000Deaths, 1891.

Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases981.0572.25
2. Pulmonary Diseases (Other than Phthisis)3293.55242.80
3. Tubercular Diseases159 b1.71117.34
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants900.9766.42
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants670.7249.44
7438.00548.25

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NOTE.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
Fever, and Diarrhœa.
2. Includes Influenza.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, Tabes, Tubercular Meningitis, and
Tuberculosis.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature
Birth.
6. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.