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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE IV.
Shotting tnortaity from certain clasutt of Diseases, and proportion
to Population, and to 1000 Deaths, 1892.
Total Deaths.
Deaths per
1000 of
Population.
Proportion of
Deaths to
1000 Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic
Discases
145
1.54
103.57
2. Pulmonary Diseases
{Other than Phthisis)
345
3.7
240.43
3. Tubereular Diseases
167
1.77
119.28
4. Wasting Diseases of
Infants
93
1.00
66.42
5. Convulsive Diseases of
Infants
65
0.69
46.42
815
8.67
582 .11
NOTE.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough,
Fever, and Diarrhcra.
2. Include Influenza.
3. Include Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, Tubes, Tubereulur Meningitis, and
Tubereulosis.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature
Birth.
6. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.