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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Corrected Death Totals and Death Rates for the years 1902-1906.
| Locality. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of the population. | Total Number of Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of the population. | Total Number of Deaths. | Death rate per 1.000 of the population. | Total Number of Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of the population. | Total Number of Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of the population. | |
| Lee Division | 220 | 11.6 | 213 | 11.1 | 193 | 10.0 | 186 | 9.5 | 211 | 10.6 |
| Lewisham Division | 991 | 14.2 | 816 | 11.2 | 941 | 12.4 | 966 | 12.2 | 1000 | 12.2 |
| Sydenham & Forest Hill Division | 607 | 13.8 | 484 | 10.9 | 545 | 12.1 | 539 | 11.7 | 566 | 12.1 |
| Whole Borough | 1818 | 13.7 | 1513 | 11.1 | 1679 | 12.0 | 1691 | 11.7 | 1777 | 11.97 |
| County of London | 80105 | 17.2 | 69737 | 15.2 | 74556 | 16.1 | 70442 | 15.1 | 71155 | 11.5 |
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Whooping Cough 26, Diphtheria 21, Enteric Fever 1, and
Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis 111. (See Table 17).
The death rates from the above diseases for the whole
Borough, the County of London, and the 76 Great Towns, have
been calculated and are set out in Table 18.