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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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| Ages. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Epidemi Diarrhœa and Enteritis. | Dysentry. | Totals in Age Groups. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | — | — | 1 | 1 | 11 | - | 9 | — | 22 |
| 1 and under 5 years | — | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | — | — | — | 34 |
| 5 and under 15 years | — | — | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| 15 and under 25 years | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 25 years and upwards | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| Total all ages 1909 | — | 7 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 9 | — | 75 |
| Total all ages 1908 | — | 47 | 11 | 44 | 30 | 4 | 43 | 2 | 181 |
Note.—Typhus Fever should be included in the list of Principal Zymotic
Diseases. It is omitted in the above table, as no cases occurred
during the year.