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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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TABLE A.
| Year | 1916 (6 months] | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Cases | 74 | 157 | 200 | 185 | 200 | 159 | 165 | 181 | 166 | 165 | 204 | 195 | 249 | 200 | 2500 |
| Dead | 49 | 72 | 88 | 63 | 91 | 76 | 82 | 80 | 77 | 75 | 81 | 61 | 54 | 28 | 977 |
| Left | 14 | 51 | 57 | 60 | 50 | 38 | 46 | 52 | 35 | 38 | 42 | 39 | 37 | 6 | 565 |
| Well | — | 7 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 45 | 46 | 77 | 32 | 345 | |
| Fair | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 67 | 114 | 339 |
| Unwell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 65 |
| Discharged as arrested or diagnosis not confirmed | 8 | 21 | 44 | 36 | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 209 |
| Totals | 74 | 157 | 200 | 185 | 200 | 159 | 165 | 181 | 166 | 165 | 204 | 195 | 249 | 200 | 2500 |