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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 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Mea-h s Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, Fever, and Dhinhu x
3. Includes Phthi>is, Scrofula, lii4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast
Milk, and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis,
sions, and Teething.

Table: SUMMARY OF TABLE.

SUMMARY OF TABLE.

No. of Deaths.
I.-SPECIFIC FEBRILE, OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
1. Miasmatic Diseases148
a. Diarrhœal „54
3. Malarial „
4. Zoogenous „
5. Venereal „8
6. Septic „3
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES
III.-DIETIC DISEASES4
IV.-CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES230
V.—DEVOLOPMENTAL DISEASES59
VI.-LOCAL DISEASES
1. Diseases of Nervous System93
2. Diseases of Circulatory system57
3. Diseases of Respiratory System271
4. Diseases of Digestive System49
5. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use1
6. Diseases of Urinary System17
7. Diseases of Reproductive System
(a). Diseases of Organs of Generation1
(b). Diseases of Parturition4
9. Diseases of Bones and Joints4
10. Diseases of Integumentary System1
VII.-VIOLENCE.
1. Accident or Negligence52
2. Suicide5
VIII.—ILL-DEFINED AND NOT SPECIFIED CAUSES59
Total1120