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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| Other septic diseases | 7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Phthisis | 2 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 78 | 55 | 49 | 36 | ||||
| Other tubercular diseases | 49 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 9 | ||||||
| Cancer, malignant di sease | 123 | 1 | 63 | 55 | 49 | 48 | 27 | 24 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 124 | 4 | — | 27 | 64 | 45 | 15 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 119 | 30 | 5 | 37 | 63 | 49 | 17 | |||||
| Pleurisy | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 14 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 44 | — | — | — | 36 | 14 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Venereal diseases | 1 | 1 | — | - | — | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | |
| Premature birth | 54 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 17 | 5 | ||
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 13 | 7 | — | — | 1 | 5 | _ | 3 | ||||
| Heart diseases | 139 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 56 | 58 | 74 | 41 | 24 | 45 | |
| Accidents | 40 | 9 | 2 | — | 17 | 10 | 23 | 6 | ||||
| Suicides | - | — | - | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| \11 other causes | Apoplexy | 75 | 1 | — | - | 50 | 34 | 29 | ||||
| Brain diseases | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Kidney diseases | 45 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 6 | ||||
| All other causes | 396 | 136 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 214 | 72 | 113 | ||||
| Total all causes | 426 | 157 | 65 | 75 | 512 | 433 | 557 | 255 | 613 | |||