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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 1915
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915
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| Ages. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | Totals in Age Groups. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | — | 11 | — | 2 | 9 | — | 31 | 53 |
| 1 and under 2 years | — | 17 | — | 1 | 9 | — | 4 | 31 |
| 2 and under 5 | — | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | — | 3 | 28 |
| 5 and under 15 | — | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 19 |
| 15 and under 25 | — | — | — | — | — | l | 1 | 2 |
| 25 years and upwards | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| Total all ages 1914 | — | 6 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 67 | 130 |
| Total all ages 1915 | — | 10 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 53 | 150 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—This disease was the cause
of 155 deaths in 1915, compared with 128 in 1914. The
average number of deaths in the ten years, 1905-14, was 122.2.
The death-rate from pulmonary tuberculosis amounted
to 0.90 per 1,000, compared with 0.77 per 1,000 in the preceding
year.