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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 1902
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1902
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Table C.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1902. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases notified in whole district. | Total Casks Notified in each Locality at all Ages. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | ||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
| Small-pox | 84 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 51 | — | 14 | 46 | 24 | 14 | 46 | 24 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria Membranous croup | 376 | 6 | 108 | 198 | 27 | 37 | — | 78 | 210 | 88 | 68 | 142 | 46 |
| Erysipelas | 112 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 70 | 12 | 17 | 59 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Scarlet fever | 637 | 7 | 149 | 385 | 69 | 27 | — | 107 | 351 | 179 | 83 | 262 | 147 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 59 | — | 1 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 5 |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 14 | — | — | — | 2 | 12 | — | — | 8 | 6 | — | 4 | 2 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1282 | 21 | 265 | 606 | 148 | 229 | 13 | 223 | 706 | 53 | 169 | 478 | 232 |