Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 7.
Deaths and Death Rates in Disease Groups in each Division of the Borough for the year 1911.
Disease Groups. | Lee Division. | Lewisham Division. | Sydenham and Forest Hill Division. | Whole Borough. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | |
per 1000. | per 1000. | per 1000. | per 1000. | |||||
Infective | 30 | 1.47 | 112 | 1.21 | 67 | 1.38 | 209 | 1.29 |
Tuberculous | 18 | 0.88 | 77 | 0.83 | 45 | 0.93 | 140 | 0.87 |
Malignant | 25 | 1.22 | 94 | 1.01 | 52 | 1.07 | 171 | 1.06 |
Nervous System | 9 | 0.44 | 48 | 0.51 | 28 | 0.57 | 85 | 0.53 |
Heart and Circulatory | 29 | 1.42 | 168 | 1.81 | 105 | 2.17 | 302 | 1.92 |
Respiratory System | 38 | 1.86 | 147 | 1.59 | 101 | 2.08 | 286 | 1.77 |
Digestive System | 20 | 0.98 | 71 | 0.76 | 50 | 1.04 | 141 | 0.88 |
Urinary Organs | 17 | 0.83 | 30 | 0.32 | 19 | 0.39 | 66 | 041 |
Generative | 1 | 0.05 | 3 | 0.03 | 3 | 0.06 | 7 | 004 |
General and Unclassified | 53 | 2.65 | 200 | 2.16 | 109 | 2.22 | 362 | 2.25 |
Accidents | 3 | 0.14 | 36 | 0.38 | 18 | 0.37 | 57 | 0.35 |
Violence | 2 | 0.10 | 6 | 0.06 | 8 | 0.17 | 16 | 0.09 |
Totals | 245 | 12.04 | 992 | 10.73 | 605 | 12.50 | 1842 | 11.43 |