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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 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: TABLE IV-Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1877.

TABLE IV-

Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1877.

Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases3205.3211
2. Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis.)2674.4176
3. Tubercular Diseases1763.0116
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants911.560
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants1121.874
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.