[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham].

  • Lewisham (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1860
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: City of London, London Metropolitan Archives

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    20 DEATHS DURING THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE YEAR 1859. CLASSES OF DISEASE. CAUSES OF DEATH. AGES AT DEATH. Total. Males. Females. Under 1 year. Under 10. Under 20. 20 and under 40. 40 and under 60. 60 and under 80. 80 and upwards. I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Order 1.—Miasmatic Discuses. Small-pox 1 - - 1 - - - 2 2 — Measles 2 6 1 — -_ — - 9 5 4 Scarlatina 3 24 3 2 — — - 32 15 17 Diptheria 1 5 1 — — — - 7 2 5 Croup 2 3 - - - - - 5 3 2 Hooping Cough 9 10 - - - - - 19 8 11 Tpyhus (and Infantile Fever) 1 3 2 1 3 3 - 13 8 5 Erysipelas 2 — — — — 1 - 3 2 1 Metria — — — 1 — — - 1 — 1 Carbuncle - — — — 1 — - 1 1 — Influenza — — — — 1 — - 1 — 1 Dysentery — — — 1 — — - 1 1 — Diarrhœa 9 3 — — — — 1 13 11 2 Ague — — — — — 1 - 1 — 1 Remittent Fever - — 1 — — — 1 2 — 2 Rheumatism — 2 — — — 1 - 3 1 2 Order 2.—Enthetic Diseases. Syphillis 1 - - - - - - 1 1 — Order 3.—Dietic Diseases. Order 4.—Parasitic Diseases. Thrush 1 — — — — — - 1 1 ~~~ XL CONSTITU TIONAL DISEASES. Order 1.—Drathetic. Dropsy — 1 — — 2 4 - 7 5 2 Cancer — — — — 5 4 - 9 3 6 Order 2.—Tubercular. Tabes Mesenterica 1 - - - - - - 1 1 - Phthisis 2 1 5 28 10 3 - 49 27 22 Hydrocephalus 1 4 1 - - - - 6 3 3 III. LOCAL DISEASES. Order 1.—Diseases of Nervous System. Cephalitis 1 2 - 2 1 - - 6 3 3 Apoplexy - - - - 8 9 2 19 9 10 Paralysis - - - - 3 16 - 19 8 11 Insanity - - - 1 1 - - 2 2 - Epilepsy - - 1 - 1 2 - 4 2 2 Convulsions 3 5 1 - - - - 9 6 3 Brain Disease, &c 1 I 3 — 3 2 — 9 3 6 Order 2.-of Organs of Circulation. Pericarditis 1 - - - 1 1 - 3 1 2 Aneurism - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 Heart Disease, &c — — — 1 6 9 1 17 6 11 Order 3.—Of Respiratory Organs. Laryngitis 1 1 - - - 1 - 3 1 2 Bronchitis 3 3 - - 1 8 1 16 9 7 Pleurisy - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 Pneumonia 5 9 - 2 3 4 - 23 13 10 Asthma 1 - - 1 - - - 2 - 2 Lung Disease, &c - - - 1 2 — — 3 2 1 Total 52 83 19 43 51 70 61 324 165 159
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