London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Causb of Death. | Under i Week. | i-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | ,9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | |||||||||||
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Erysipelas | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Convulsions | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Enteritis | — | — | |||||||||
| Gastritis | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Suffocation, overlying | — | — | 4 | — | — | 7 | |||||
| Injury at birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Atelectasis | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Congenital Malformations | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Premature birth | 40 | — | — | ||||||||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 7 | — | 4 | ||||||||
| Other Causes | 4 | — | — | — | — | 17 | |||||
Nett Births in the year—legitimate, 3217 ; illegitimate, 89.
Nett Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 237 ; illegitimate infants C.