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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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NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The total number of notifications received during the
year amounted to 1,316, thirty-four of which were returned
from hospital as not suffering from any infectious disease.
After deducting this number a corrected total of 1,282 is obtained,
compared with 915 in 1901. No figures are available
for correction amongst cases treated at home.
The notifiable infectious diseases are Small Pox, Cholera,
Diphtheria, Membraneous Croup, Erysipelas, the disease known
as Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever, and the fevers known by any of
the following names:—Typhus, Typhoid, Enteric, Relapsing,
Continued or Puerperal. (Section 55 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891).

Table: Table 16.Number of Notifications of Infectious Disease in Divisions of and, for the whole Borough during the four Quarters of the Year 1902.

Table 16.

Number of Notifications of Infectious Disease in Divisions of and, for the whole Borough during the four Quarters of the Year 1902.

Disease.Lee Division.Lewisham Division.Sydenham and Forest Hill Div.Whole Borough.
Quarters.Whole Year.Quarters.Whole Year.Quarters.Whole Year.Quarters.Whole Year.
1st.2nd1 3rd4th1 st2nd3rd4thI st2nd3 rd4thI st2nd3rd4th
Small Pox122——1430106—46717——2449296—84
Scarlet Fever8822192H107641135911535129494655179131184124198637
Diphtheria&Membranous Croup36161610786072393921013133428881091018977376
Enteric Fever511—7791063233592C1513161559
Erysipelas74151715111518591086123632232235112
Puerperal Fever—————1223832—16442414
Total984539482231772171311817066592911053533403542593291282