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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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Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 190'2.
| Disease Classes. | Lee Division. | Lewisham Division. | Sydenham and Forest Hill Division | Whole Borough | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Whole Year. | 1St Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Whole Year | 1St Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Whole Year | 1St Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Whole Year | |
| I. Infective | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 38 | 28 | 44 | 49 | 159 | 20 | 14 | 35 | 24 | 93 | 82 | 47 | 83 | 75 | 287 |
| II. Tuberculous | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 22 | 25 | 105 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 26 | 70 | 52 | 48 | 46 | 56 | 202 |
| III. Malignant | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 61 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 47 | 34 | 31 | 36 | 26 | 127 |
| IV. Nervous | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 78 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 44 | 37 | 36 | 28 | 43 | 144 |
| V. Heart and Blood Vessels | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 35 | 23 | 23 | 36 | 117 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 83 | 70 | 55 | 44 | 55 | 224 |
| VI. Respiratory | 20 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 62 | 28 | 10 | 53 | 153 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 26 | 88 | 121 | 50 | 18 | 86 | 275 |
| VII. Digestive | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 37 | 103 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 29 | 39 | 41 | 57 | 166 |
| VIII. Urinary | 5 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 67 |
| IX. Generative Organs | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 |
| X. General | 12 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 33 | 35 | 47 | 141 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 22 | 93 | 64 | 54 | 72 | 78 | 268 |
| XI. Accidents | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 42 |
| XII. Violence | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Totals | 95 | 45 | 42 | 38 | 220 | 263 | 218 | 206 | 304 | 991 | 169 | 131 | 140 | 167 | 607 | 527 | 394 | 388 | 509 | 118 |
* For Diseases in each Class see Table II.