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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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Table 16.
Age distribution of Deaths from Zymotic Diseases occurring in the Borough during the year 1901.
| Disease. | Ages at Death. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and upwards. | |
| Measles | 29 | 8 | 17 | 4 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | — | 6 | 4 | l | l |
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 10 | 14 | 3 | l | — |
| Diphtheria | 23 | 1 | 16 | 5 | — | l |
| Typhoid Fever | 14 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 8 |
| Diarrhoeal Diseases | 103 | 95 | 8 | — | — | – |
| Total for the Borough | 209 | 114 | 62 | 16 | 7 | 10 |