London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lewisham 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: TABLE III.Deaths registered from all causes during the year1898.Note.—The Deaths of Non-residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District, are included.

TABLE III.

Deaths registered from all causes during the year1898.

Note.—The Deaths of Non-residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District, are included.

AGES.Totals.55 to 60*
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.
I. Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases1899214157123313182
II. Parasitic Diseases2..............................21
III. Dietic Diseases............3511...1...111
IV Constitutional Diseases29252025323236583915331426
V. Developmental Diseases76..................42158351941
VI. Local Diseases105501425375794115123702071048
VII. Deaths from Violence51...577574...1426
VIII. Deaths from Ill-defined and Not Specified Causes644211...23...2...791
Totals47017250578510813919019014960167085
I. Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases.
1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Small poxVaccinated.......................................
Unvaccinated.......................................
No Statement1..............................1...
Measles14281......1...............44...
Scarlet Fever...9...........................9...
Typhus.......................................

Text

Copy text to clipboard

*By filling in this Column the Statistics of Table III. will be made comparable with those of the Weekly and Quarterly Returns of
the Registrar-General, and also available for the Reports required by the Local Government Board.