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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 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: TABLE IV.Shewing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1888, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

TABLE IV.

Shewing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1888, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.

Division 1-(Adults). «Total Deaths.Deaths per l.000 of Population, at all ages.Deaths per l.ooo of Total Deaths, at all ages.
1. Principal Zymotic Diseases2414.1167
2. Pulmonary Diseases3626.1251
3. Principal Tubercular Diseases1512.5105
Division 11. (Infants under One Year).Total Deaths.Deaths per l.000 of Births.Deaths per l.000 of Total D'ths under I yr.
4. Wasting Diseases7033162
5. Convulsive Diseases8742202
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers, and Diarrhoea; Nine of the deaths occurred in Hospitals situated beyond the limits of the District.
. 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.