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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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SUMMARY OF TABLE 111.
| No. of Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|
| I,—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases— | ||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 124 | |
| 2. Diarrhœal „ | 178 | |
| 3. Malarial „ | ... | |
| 4. Zoogenous „ | ... | |
| 5. Venereal „ | 9 | |
| 6. Septic „ | 7 | |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases | 2 | |
| III.—Dietic Diseases | 11 | |
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 314 | |
| V.—Developmental Diseases | 194 | |
| VI.—Local Diseases— | ||
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 162 | |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 5 | |
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 125 | |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 224 | |
| 5. Diseases of Digestive System | 111 | |
| 6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | 2 | |
| 7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | 1 | |
| 8. Diseases of Urinary System | 65 | |
| 9. Diseases of Reproductive System | 2 | |
| (a) Diseases of Organs of Generation | 3 | |
| (b) Diseases of Parturition | 7 | |
| - | 12 | |
| 10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | 1 | |
| 11. Diseases of Integumentary System | 4 | |
| VII—Violence— | ||
| 1. Accident or Negligence | 28 | |
| 2. Homicide | ... | |
| 3. Suicide | 14 | |
| 4. Execution | ... | |
| VIII.—Ill-defined and not Specified Causes | 79 | |
| Total | 1670 | |