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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 Ten Wards of the Borough for the Year 1902.
| Disease Class | Wards | Deaths Whole Borough 1902 | Percentage to Total Deaths | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Church | Manor | South | Blackheath | Lewisham Village | Lewisham Park | Brockley | Catford | Forest Hill | Sydenham | |||
| I. Infective | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 23 | 76 | 21 | 72 | 287 | 15.7 |
| II. Tuberculous | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 35 | 24 | 46 | 202 | 11.1 |
| III. Malignant | 7 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 127 | 6.9 |
| IV. Nervous | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 35 | 19 | 25 | 144 | 7.9 |
| V. Heart and Blood Vessels | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 22 | 17 | 37 | 45 | 38 | 224 | 12.3 |
| VI. Respiratory | 15 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 33 | 22 | 54 | 30 | 58 | 275 | 15.1 |
| VII. Digestive | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 42 | 23 | 25 | 166 | 9.1 |
| VIII. Urinary | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 67 | 3.6 |
| IX. Generative Organs | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 0.2 |
| X. General Diseases | 13 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 18 | 53 | 37 | 56 | 268 | 14.1 |
| XI. Accidents | — | 2 | — | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 2.3 |
| XII. Violence | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0.6 |
| Total Deaths | 76 | 85 | 59 | 105 | 182 | 194 | 123 | 387 | 234 | 373 | 1818 | 100.0 |
*For List of Diseases in each Class see Table 11.