Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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Notifications of Infections Disease in Wards and whole Borough during the year 1902.
Disease. | WARDS. | Whole Borough | |||||||||
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Church | Manor | South | Blackheath | Lewisham Village | Lewisham Park | Brockley | Catford | Forest Hill | Sydenham | ||
Small Pox | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 84 |
Scarlet Fever | 33 | 46 | 28 | 35 | 37 | 64 | 49 | 166 | 56 | 123 | 637 |
Diphtheria | 22 | 35 | 21 | 16 | 28 | 39 | 58 | 69 | 17 | 71 | 376 |
Enteric Fever | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 59 |
Erysipelas | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 25 | 112 |
Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
Total | 71 | 93 | 59 | 62 | 89 | 132 | 128 | 295 | 90 | 263 | 1282 |
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 | |||||||||
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Church | Manor | South | Blackheath | Lewisham Village | Lewisham Park | Brockley | Catford | Forest Hill | Sydenham | ||
Small Pox | 1.37 | 0.53 | 0.18 | 0.58 | 0.35 | 0.96 | 0.44 | 0.78 | 0.05 | 0.89 | 0.63 |
Scarlet Fever | 5.05 | 6.69 | 5.06 | 5.17 | 2.62 | 5.16 | 4.40 | 6.55 | 3.09 | 4.78 | 4.81 |
Diphtheria | 3.37 | 5.09 | 3.79 | 2.36 | 1.98 | 3.14 | 5.21 | 2.72 | 0.93 | 2.76 | 2.83 |
Enteric Fever | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.54 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.62 | 0.39 | 0.16 | 0.66 | 0.44 |
Erysipelas | 0.76 | 0.87 | 1.08 | 0.59 | 0.92 | 0.88 | 0.53 | 0.98 | 0.60 | 0.97 | 0.84 |
Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.10 |
Total | 10.87 | 13.53 | 10.66 | 9.16 | 6.32 | 10.65 | 11.51 | 11.6 | 4.96 | 10.22 | 9.68 |