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Lewisham 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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14
TABLE III.
Deaths Registered at several groups of Ages from all Causes during the Year 1877.
Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.
Cause of Death.
AGES.
Under
3months
0
to
8
1
to
2
2
to
5
5
to
15
15
to
25
25
to
35
35
to
45
45
to
55
55
to
65
65
to
75
75
to
85
85
to
95
95 and
upwards
Total
under
5 Years.
Classes.
I. Zymotic Diseases
33
86
70
77
21
11
8
10
8
4
1
2
..
..
266
II. Constitutional Diseases
12
28
25
13
11
17
29
29
22
14
6
1
..
•'
78
III. Local Diseases
51
75
78
43
25
11
15
36
61
62
47
17
6
..
247
IV. Developmental Diseases
37
15
10
2
1
3
4
6
..
2
5
17
4
1
64
V. Violent Deaths
11
5
1
7
7
9
11
10
5
2
..
..
..
..
24
Not specified or ill-defined
1
2
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
...
...
...
..
••
4
Totals
145
211
185
142
65
51
67
91
96
84
59
37
10
1
683
Class 1. Zymotic Diseases
Order 1—Miasmatic.
1 Smallpox
3
4
5
11
4
7
5
3
..
...
...
..
..
..
23
2 Measles
..
15
27
28
1
..
...
..
..
..
...
..
..
...
70
3 Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
..
3
5
6
4
1
..
1
...
..
...
...
...
• •
14
4 Diphtheria
..
1
1
1
2
..
..
...
...
..
..
..
..
..
3
5 Quinsy
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
. .
6 Croup
2
6
7
7
1
..
..
..
..
...
..
..
..
..
22
7 Whooping Cough
..
18
15
13
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
46
4
Typhus Fever
..
1
1
2
2
1
..
...
1
1
..
..
...
..
8 Enteric or Typhoid Fever
..
..
..
2
3
..
...
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
2
Simple continued Fever
..
..
...
1
1
..
...
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
9 Erysipelas
..
1
...
..
..
1
..
1
..
1
..
1
..
...
1
10 Puerperal Fever (Metria)
..
..
..
..
..
...
...
...
..
..
..
..
..
..
. .
11 Carbuncle
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
12 Influenza
..
....
..
..
...
...
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
13 Dysentery
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
14 Diarrhoea
15
32
9
5
..
1
..
2
1
1
..
..
...
..
6l
15 Cholera
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
...
..
..
..
..
16 Ague
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
17 Remittent Fever
..
...
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
18 Rheumatism
1
..
..
...
..
..
..
2
1
1
1
..
..
...
1
19 Other Zymotic Diseases
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Order 2.—Enthetic.
1 Syphilis
9
3
..
...
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
12
2 Stricture of Urethra
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3 Hydrophobia
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4 Glanders
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 3 — Dietic.
1 Privation
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2 Want of Breast Milk
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
3 Purpura and Scurvy
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
4 Alcoholism a. Del. Tremens
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
b. Intemperance
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 4 Parasitic.
1 Thrush
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
2. Worms, &c
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Class 2. Constitutional Diseases
Order 1.—Diathetic.
1 Gout
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2 Dropsy
..
..
..
..
1
..
3
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
3 Cancer
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6
3
7
2
..
..
..
..
4 Cancrum Oris (Noma)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 Mortification
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 2 — Tubercular.
1 Scrofula
..
1
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
2 Tabes Mesenterica
7
21
15
6
2
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
49
3 Phthisis
5
2
6
6
8
16
26
22
19
6
4
1
..
..
19
4 Hydrocephalus
..
4
2
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
7
Class 3. Local Diseases.
Order 1—Nervous System.
1 Cephalitis
2
5
11
10
5
..
1
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
28
2 Apoplexy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
8
7
2
1
..
..
..
3 Paralysis
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
5
1
1
..
1
4 Insanity
..
..
....
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 Chorea
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6 Epilepsy
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
7 Convulsions
29
12
7
6
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
54
8. Brain Disease, &c
..
1
..
1
3
1
..
..
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1
..
..
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..
2