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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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Table 18.
Death Rates from principal Zymotic Diseases and Phthisis, and Infantile Mortality in the Borough and its Divisions, in the County of London, and in the 76 Great Towns, for the Year 1906.
| Disease. | Lee Division. | Lewisham Division. | Sydenham and Forest Hill Div. | Whole Borough | County of London. | 76 Great Towns. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small.Pox | . | . | . | — | . | 0.00 |
| Measles | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
| Diphtheria | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.19 |
| Whooping Cough | — | 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.26 | 0.28 |
| Enteric Fever | — | 0.01 | — | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
| Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 0.55 | 0.84 | 0.66 | 0.75 | 0.94 | 116 |
| Total Zymotic Death Rates | 0.91 | 1.49 | 1.16 | 131 | 1.92 | 2.24 |
| Infantile Mortality Rate | 90 | 118 | 116 | 113 | 131 | 146 |
| Phthisis Death Rate | 0.30 | 0.93 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 1.44 | — |
| Comparative Rates for other Boroughs will be found in Table 13. | ||||||