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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 1909
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1909
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Table III.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole district. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality at all Ages. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | Lee. | Lewisham.1 | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | |||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
| Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria including Membranous croup | 361 | 5 | 86 | 219 | 30 | 21 | - | 48 | 202 | 111 | 48 | 179 | 84 | 311 |
| Erysipelas | 105 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 71 | 18 | 17 | 62 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 28 |
| Scarlet fever | 903 | 3 | 227 | 563 | 69 | 41 | - | 97 | 523 | 283 | 87 | 445 | 260 | 792 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 16 | — | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | - | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Relapsing fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Continued fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Plague... | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | - | - | - | |||
| Totals | 1390 | 9 | 315 | 793 | 111 | 144 | 18 | 164 | 797 429 | 139 | 644 | 355 | 1138 | |
*The cases from the Borough of Lewisham are treated chiefly at the Park Hospital of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, which is situated in the Lewisham Division of the Borough.