[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham District] page 23

Lewisham 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham District]

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Table: TABLE V.Showing the number of Deaths from, the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1886 to 1895,and in the Year 1896.

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TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths from, the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1886 to 1895,

and in the Year 1896.

Disease.	1886.	1887.	1888.	1889.	1890.	1891.	1892.	1896.	1894.	1895.	Annual Average of 10 years, 1886—1895.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1886—1895.	Total Deaths in 1896.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1896.
Smallpox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.5	0.3	0	0
Measles	6	40	18	21	34	30	15	19	54	13	24.9	18.9	42	27.6
Scarlet Fever	4	6	7	9	4	3	4	12	12	9	7.0	5.3	11	7.2
Diphtheria	25	10	37	5	11	10	17	53	35	17	22.0	17.2	82	53.9
Whooping Cough	32	23	76	23	53	29	67	10	54	36	40.2	34.0	26	17.1
Fever
Typhus	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......
Enteric	6	6	11	6	6	2	4	10	15	9	7.4	5.6	10	6.5
Simple continued.	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......
Diarrhoea	60	31	25	34	29	24	40	42	32	72	38.9	29.4	87	57.2
Totals	132	116	174	98	136	98	147	151	202	156	141	......	268	174
Totals—London	11212	12720	10896	9785	12090	9675	11983	12851	11544	11545			14098
Totals—England and Wales	62859	64686	50684	61027	59698	53221	56032	73496	52771				66936	125