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 1909
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Table 3.
Age Period. | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | ||||||||
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Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | |
Deaths under 1yr. | 428 | 23.54 | 328 | 21.68 | 440 | 26.21 | 338 | 19.99 | 391 | 22.00 | 325 | 18.58 | 315 | 17.93 | 2.62 | 15.75 |
Over 1 & under 5 yrs. | 200 | 11.00 | 142 | 9.39 | 140 | 8.34 | 130 | 7.69 | 160 | 9.00 | 146 | 8.35 | 163 | 9.28 | 102 | 6.13 |
„ 5 „ 15 „ | 86 | 4.73 | 61 | 4.03 | 39 | 2.32 | 59 | 3.49 | 57 | 3.21 | 60 | 3.43 | 64 | 3.64 | 65 | 3.91 |
„ 15 „ 25 ,, | 86 | 4.73 | 76 | 5.02 | 85 | 5.06 | 63 | 3.72 | 68 | 3.83 | 65 | 3.72 | 61 | 3.47 | 54 | 3.25 |
„ 25 „ 65 „ | 547 | 30.09 | 478 | 31.59 | 470 | 27.99 | 547 | 32.35 | 596 | 33.54 | 577 | 32.99 | 593 | 33.75 | 562 | 33.77 |
Over 65 years | 471 | 25.91 | 428 | 28.29 | 505 | 30.08 | 554 | 32.76 | 505 | 28.42 | 576 | 32.93 | 561 | 31.93 | 619 | 37.20 |
Total | 1818 | 100.0 | 1513 | 100.0 | 1679 | 100.0 | 1691 | 100.0 | 1777 | 100.0 | 1749 | 100.0 | 1757 | 100.0 | 1664 | 100.0 |