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Lewisham 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: 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.

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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.
Cause of Death.	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	..	..	...	..	46 4
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	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	2

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Lewisham 1877

Table: 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.