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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 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Number of Cases ofInfectious Diseasesnotified in the TenWards and the Whole Borough during the Year1912.

Number of Cases ofInfectious Diseasesnotified in the Ten

Wards and the Whole Borough during the Year1912.

WardsScarlet FeverDiphtheria.Enteric FeverErysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Polio-Myelitis or Polio-EncephalitisTotal.
1 Church24nll–––37
2 Manor1818—3—–—39
3 South1016—3l–—30
Lee Division5245l7l–—106
4 Blackheath2813–2—–—43
5 Lewisham Village3228—14—–—74
6 Lewisham Park4754219l1—124
7 Brockley602428—1—95
8 Catford11816012212ll315
Blackheath & Lewisham Division285279166433l651
9 Forest Hill4133414–1—93
10 Sydenham816241731l169
Sydenham & Forest Hill Division1229583132l262
Whole Borough459419251027521019