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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 from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1902.
| Ages. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis | Totals in Age Groups. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 2 | 4 | — | l | 29 | — | 53 | 88 |
| 1 and under 5 years | — | 22 | 9 | 22 | 83 | — | 2 | 88 |
| 5 and under 15 years | — | — | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | — | 27 |
| 15 and under 25 years | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | 4 | — | 11 |
| 25 years and upwards | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | — | 13 |
| Total all ages | 12 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 63 | 9 | 55 | 227 |
Note.—Typhus Fever should be included in the list of Principal Zymotic
Diseases. It is omitted in the above table, as no cases occurred
during the year.