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Lewisham 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: K2 3. Lewisham District Board Works.(A)Table of DEATHS during the year 1898, in the Sanitary District of Lewisham, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

K2 3. Lewisham District Board Works.

(A)Table of DEATHS during the year 1898, in the Sanitary District of Lewisham, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality prom all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths or Children under Five Years of Age.
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards12345678910111213141516171819202122
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
TyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
Lewisham522177431118155118Under 5......2........................4773......24...1109220
5 upwds.......2......2............12...2335413513166302
Do. Workhouse24731712710486Under 5....................................518............1538
5 upwds.......1......1......1...1......112025197132209
Penge27282335117962Under 51...4........................8833......16...149115
5 upwds........................................14161721...98157
Blackheath96211212434Under 5.................................428......3......1633
5 upwds........................................1158414363
Sydenham4221355612812190Under 5...13........................261840...219...478191
5 upwds.......1...............2...1......332336195138231
St. John's Hospital221134112Under 5.........................................................22
5 upwds................4...........................13...11120
North Surrey District Schools.1......1.........Under 5...............................................................
5 upwds.................................................1.........1
Home for Sick Children, Sydenham163112.........Under 5.............................................12......1114
5 upwds..............................................1...1......2
Waterman's Asylum, Penge1............1...Under 5...............................................................
5 upwds....................................................1......1
Park Hospital, Lewisham18491154659Under 5...4768........................3............3...12124
5 upwds....1231......10...........................1122160
Totals17834592789357504392Under 514877........................4535172...367...7282737
5 upwds....1235...............3...32...812 '102132102295891046
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging thereto85103464814Under 5...1.................................2......2...1713
5 upwds.......4....................................624104672
eaths occurring within the District among persons not belonging thereto1981010346527Under 5...40.57........................3...2......4...16113
5 upwds....1229......11...........................77331385