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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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| Ages. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | Totals in Age Groups. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | — | l | — | l | 8 | — | 46 | 56 |
| 1 and under 2 years | — | l | — | l | 6 | — | 7 | 15 |
| 2 and under 5 | — | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | — | — | 21 |
| 5 and under 15 | — | l | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | 17 |
| 15 and under 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 years and upwards | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| Total all ages 1914 | — | 6 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 67 | 130 |
| Total all ages 1913 | — | 25 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 67 | 162 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—This disease was the cause
of 128 deaths in 1914, compared with 126 in 1913. The
average number of deaths in the ten years, 1904-13, was 119.3.
The death-rate from pulmonary tuberculosis amounted
to 0.77 per 1,000, compared with 0.73 per 1,000 in the preceding
year.