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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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TABLE 17.

Notifications of Infections Disease in Wards and whole Borough during the year 1902.

Disease.WARDS.Whole Borough
ChurchManorSouthBlackheathLewisham VillageLewisham ParkBrockleyCatfordForest HillSydenham
Small Pox941451252012384
Scarlet Fever3346283537644916656123637
Diphtheria22352116283958691771376
Enteric Fever22336671031759
Erysipelas566413116251125112
Puerperal Fever352414
Total7193596289132128295902631282

TABLE 18.

Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1000 of the population for the ten Wards and the Whole Borough for the year 1902.

Disease.WARDS.Whole Borough
ChurchManorSouthBlackheathLewisham VillageLewisham ParkBrockleyCatfordForest HillSydenham
Small Pox1.370.530.180.580.350.960.440.780.050.890.63
Scarlet Fever5.056.695.065.172.625.164.406.553.094.784.81
Diphtheria3.375.093.792.361.983.145.212.720.932.762.83
Enteric Fever0.300.300.540.440.420.480.620.390.160.660.44
Erysipelas0.760.871.080.590.920.880.530.980.600.970.84
Puerperal Fever0.260.190.110.150.10
Total10.8713.5310.669.166.3210.6511.5111.64.9610.229.68