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Lewisham 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham District]
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DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, WITH THE LOCALITIES IN WHICH THEY HAVE OCCURRED.
| Elevation above mean tidal level. | Avenue Square, Lewisham 30.6 | Avenue Road, Lewisham 31.9 | Brockley Place, Lady Well, Lewisham 37.2 | Brockley Park 101.4 | Belvidere Road, Penge 360.8 | Cross Street, Loampit Dale, Lewisham 27.7 | Lewisham Village, Dartmouth Cottages 30.0 | Dartmouth Hill, Lewisham 146.8 | Dartmouth Row, Sydenham 172.1 | Forest Hill Terrace, Sydenham 145.3 | The Grove, near "Wells Road, Sydenham 185.0 | Hamlet Road, Penge | Hanover Street, Lewisham 25.9 | Hither Green 79.2 | Kelvin Terrace, Sydenham 234.3 | Loampit Dale, Lewisham 27.7 | Lewis Grove, Lewisham 31.1 | Lewisham Village 34.6 | Loampit Hill, Lewisham 45.3 | Merton Place, Blackheath 47.6 | Montpelier Row 119.7 | North Surrey Industrial School | Osborne Place, Blackheath 81.9 | Osborne Cottages, Lewisham | Phænix Place, Blackheath 103.2 | Perry Rise, Sydenham 111.6 | Fox Lane, Penge | Regent Street, Loat's Pits, Blackheath . 47.6 | Rushey Green, Lewisham 58.7 | Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham 87.8 | Russell Street, Sydenham 215.2 | Raglan Street, Sydenham 168.2 | Lewisham Road 60.1 | Southend, Lewisham 85.8 | Sydenham Hill 339.6 | Upper Sydenham 218.3 | Lower Sydenham100.8 | Tranquil Yale, Blackheath 93.7 | Union Workhouse, Lewisham 42.0 | West Kent Park, Sydenham 119.3 | Wells Road, Sydenham 220.0 | Woodbine Grove, Penge | Total. |
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| Zymotic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Scarlatina (Scarlet Fever) | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 16 | |
| Hooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 9 |
| Croup | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | —"— | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Thrush | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | .— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| diarrhoea (Bowel Complaint) | — | — | 1 | —_ | —_ | _ | — | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | __ | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 13 | |||||||||
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Scurvy and Purpura | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | —1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Uemittent Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Infantile Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 13 |
| Puerperal Fever (Me- tria) | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | _ | — | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Erysipelas (Rose) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Noma (Canker) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 82 |
* This death from scarlatina occurred in a child brought from Clapham whilst labourin g under the disease.