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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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Number of Cases
| Wards | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Polio-Myelitis or Polio-Encephalitis | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Church | 82 | 5 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 40 |
| 2 Manor | 61 | 14 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 80 |
| 8 South | 17 | 35 | l | 4 | — | — | — | 57 |
| Lee Division | 110 | 54 | l | 10 | 1 | l | — | 177 |
| 4 Blackheath | 86 | 18 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 56 |
| 5 Lewisham Village | 110 | 17 | 2 | 22 | — | — | — | 151 |
| 6 Lewisham Park | 87 | 43 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 3 | — | 153 |
| 7 Brockley | 44 | 23 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | 81 |
| 8 Catford | 265 | 101 | 28 | 32 | 2 | 4 | — | 432 |
| Blackheath & Lewis-ham Division | 542 | 202 | 33 | 85 | 4 | 7 | — | 873 |
| 9 Forest Hill | 116 | 48 | 5 | 10 | — | 1 | l80 | |
| 10 Sydenham Sydenham & Forest | 177 | 84 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 4 | — | 294 |
| Hill Division | 132 293 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 5 | l | 474 | |
| Whole Borough | 945 | 388 | 44 | 126 | 7 | 13 | 1524 | |