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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in the Years 1901 -1906.
| Names of Localities. | LEE. | LEWISHAM. | SYDENHAM & FOREST HILL. | WHOLE BOROUGH | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 Year | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
| 1901 | 18703 | 398 | 255 | - | 66631 | 1882 | 856 | — | 43146 | 1040 | 557 | - | 128480 | 3320 | 1668 | — |
| 1902 | 18925 | 481 | 220 | 37 | 69672 | 1857 | 991 | 261 | 43835 | 1153 | 607 | 130 | 132432 | 3491 | 1818 | 428 |
| 1903 | 19147 | 486 | 213 | 37 | 72731 | 1979 | 816 | 203 | 44527 | 1098 | 484 | 88 | 136405 | 3563 | 1513 | 328 |
| 1904 | 19370 | 469 | 193 | 40 | 75808 | 1967 | 941 | 265 | 45223 | 1153 | 545 | 135 | 140401 | 3589 | 1679 | 440 |
| 1905 | 19594 | 454 | 186 | 21 | 78903 | 2027 | 906 | 209 | 45923 | 1152 | 539 | 108 | 144420 | 3633 | 1691 | 338 |
| 1906 | 19820 | 445 | 211 | 40 | 82016 | 1871 | 1000 | 220 | 46627 | 1130 | 566 | 131 | 148463 | 3446 | 1777 | 391 |
| Note:—Figures for years prior to 1901 are unobtainable. | ||||||||||||||||
Cases of Infectious
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole district. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality at all Ages. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | ||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 05 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
| Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | — | — |
| Diphtheria Membranous croup | 244 | 2 | 77 | 129 | 11 | 25 | — | 24 | 146 | 74 | 21 | 110 | 63 |
| Erysipelas | 97 | — | 2 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 63 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 4 |
| Scarlet fever | 543 | 2 | 150 | 324 | 45 | 22 | — | 62 | 346 | 135 | 49 | 309 | 111 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 20 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 8 | — | 1 | 8 | 11 | — | 2 | 9 |
| Relapsing fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 910 | 4 | 229 | 466 | 78 | 123 | 10 | 96 | 565 | 249 | 72 | 436 | 188 |