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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Ward. | Enteric Fever. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis. (Under 2 years). | Totals. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | |
| Church | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.17 |
| Manor | 1 | 0.12 | — | — | 1 | 0.12 | l | 0.12 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0.35 |
| South | 1 | 0.15 | — | — | 1 | 0.15 | l | 0.15 | — | — | 3 | 0.45 | 6 | 0.89 |
| Blackheath | — | — | 2 | 0.30 | — | — | l | 0.15 | 1 | 0.15 | 2 | 0.30 | 6 | 0.89 |
| Lewisham Vill. | — | — | 2 | 0.13 | — | — | 2 | 0.13 | — | — | 3 | 0.19 | 7 | 0.46 |
| Lewisham Park | l | 0.05 | 2 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.05 | 2 | 0.11 | 5 | 0.27 | 10 | 0.54 | 21 | 1.13 |
| Brockley | l | 0.06 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.18 | 3 | 0.18 | 8 | 0.49 | 17 | 1.04 |
| Catford | 3 | 0.07 | 5 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.02 | 6 | 0.14 | 5 | 0.11 | 10 | 0.23 | 30 | 0.68 |
| Forest Hill | — | — | 1 | 0.04 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0.74 | 6 | 0.27 | 23 | 1.05 |
| Sydenham | 1 | 0.03 | 12 | 0.42 | — | — | 6 | 0.21 | 5 | 0.17 | 8 | 0.27 | 32 | 1.11 |
| Whole Borough | 8 | 0.04 | 25 | 0.14 | 5 | 0.02 | 22 | 0.13 | 35 | 0.20 | 51 | 0.29 | 146 | 0.84 |