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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 9.
Analysis of Deaths Under one year of age, during the years 1905-1911.
| Disease. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | I908. | 1909 | 1910. | 1911. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total _ Deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year._ | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year. | |
| Common Infectious Diseases | 23 | 6.8 | 17 | 4.8 | 20 | 6.2 | 25 | 7.9 | 13 | 5.0 | 18 | 6.6 | 9 | 2.5 |
| Diarrhoeal Diseases | 59 | 17.5 | 128 | 81.5 | 41 | 12.6 | 49 | 15.6 | 82 | 12.2 | 22 | 8.1 | 114 | 31.9 |
| Wasting Diseases | 139 | 41.1 | 147 | 87.6 | 162 | 49.8 | 140 | 44.4 | 137 | 52.3 | 143 | 52.8 | 116 | 82.5 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 10 | 3.0 | 14 | 3.6 | 9 | 2.8 | 13 | 4.1 | 7 | 2.7 | 6 | 2.2 | 6 | 1.7 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 43 | 12.7 | 46 | 11.8 | 50 | 15.4 | 47 | 14.9 | 35 | 13.4 | 45 | 16.6 | 52 | 14.6 |
| Diseases classified under other headings | 64 | 18.9 | 44 | 11.3 | 43 | 13.2 | 41 | 13.0 | 38 | 14.5 | 37 | 13.2 | 60 | 17.0 |
| Total | 388 | 100.0 | 391 | 100.0 | 325 | 100.0 | 315 | 100.0 | 262 | 100.0 | 271 | 100.0 | 357 | 100.0 |
Note.—For detailed list of these diseases see Table IV. of the Local
Government Board Tables (page 90).