London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1901
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1901
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| Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages.) | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under )5. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Blackheath and Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | Lee. | |||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 29 | 8 | 17 | 4 | - | _ | _ | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | |
| Scarlet fever | 12 | — | 6 | 4 | - | 4 | 6 | 2 | 97 | |||
| Whooping-cough | 28 | 10 | 14 | 3 | - | - | 11 | 14 | 3 | – | ||
| Diphtheria and membraneous croup | 23 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 115 | ||||
| Croup | — | — | — | — | - | - | _ | _ | ||||
| Fever | Typhus | |||||||||||
| Enteric | 14 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 8 | _ | 9 | 5 | _ | 27 | |
| Other continued | ||||||||||||
| Epidemic influenza | 17 | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 2 | |||
| Cholera | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | ||||||
| Plague | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | – | – | – | |
| Diarrhoea | 103 | 95 | 8 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 64 | 32 | 7 | 11 | |
| Enteritis | 28 | 17 | 5 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 7 | |
| Puerperal fever | — | - | – | – | – | – | – | |||||