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Lewisham 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: TABLE III.Registered at several groups of Ages from Different Causes during the Year,1884.Note .—The DeathsIn Public Institutions of non-Residentsareexcluded.

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TABLE III.

Registered at several groups of Ages from Different Causes during the Year,1884.

Note .—The DeathsIn Public Institutions of non-Residentsareexcluded.

Cause of Death.		AGES.
Cause of Death.		under 3 months.	0 to1	1 to 2	2 to 6	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.	Total.
Classes.
Bymotic Diseases		..	62	110	..	19	4	4	4	6	4	..	..	..	..	..	213
Parasitic Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dietic Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
Constitutional Diseases		..	40	66	..	l8	15	20	23	25	14	8	1	..	..	..	230
Developmental Diseases		..	26	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	6	17	7	..	..	59
Local Diseases		..	115	93	..	38	15	29	46	54	47	39	19	3	..	..	498
Violent Deaths		..	13	7	..	7	5	7	8	4	3	2	1	..	..	..	57
Not specified or ill-defined		..	50	2	..	1	1	3	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	59
Totals		..	306	278	..	83	40	63	84	92	71	55	38	10	..	..	1120
ss 1. Zymotic Diseases
Order1—Mismatic.
Smallpox	Vaccinated	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Unvaccinated	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	No Statement	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
Measles		..	..	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)		..	4	40	..	10	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	61
Typhus Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough		..	17	35	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	52
Diphtheria		..	1	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
Dimple Continued Fever		..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
Enteric or Typhoid Fever		..	1	1	..	5	1	2	1	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	13
Other Miasmatic Diseases			1	1			1	1									4
Order 2. Diarrhæal Diseases.
Simple Cholera		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Diarrhœa, Dysentery		..	32	14	..	1	..	..	..	5	1	..	..	..	..	..	53
Order 3.—Matarial Diseases.
Remittent Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 4.—Zoogenous Diseases.																	..
Cowpox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 5 —Venereal Diseases.
Syphilis		..	4	3	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8
Stricture of Urethra		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 6.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas		..	2	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
ss 2: Parasitic Diseases.
Thrush		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Worms, &c.		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
ss 3. Dietic Diseases.
Want of Breast Milk		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scurvy		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chronic Alcoholism		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Delirium Tremens		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	3
ss 4. Constitutional Diseases
Rheumatism		..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	3
Gout		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cancer		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	5	5	7	1	..	..	..	22
Tabes Mesenterica		..	20	29	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	49
Hydrocephalus		..	18	26	..	10	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	55
Phthisis		..	1	8	..	5	12	22	16	19	9	..	..	..	..	..	90
Scrofula		..	1	3	..	2	2	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	10
ss5. Developmental Diseases
Premature Birth		..	23	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	23
Atelectasis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congenital Malformations		..	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
Old Age		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	6	17	7	..	..	33
ss 6. Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain		..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	6
Apoplexy		..	..	..	..	..	..	l	4	3	7	5	5	1	..	..	26
Insanity		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Epilepsy		..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Convulsions		..	37	12	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	49
Laryngismus Stridulus		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Paralysis Agitans		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Diseases		..	..	1	..	..	..	..	2	..	2	2	1	..	..	..	8

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Lewisham 1884

Table: TABLE III.Registered at several groups of Ages from Different Causes during the Year,1884.Note .—The DeathsIn Public Institutions of non-Residentsareexcluded.