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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 19.
Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1906.
| Ages. | Small.Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | Dysentry. | Totals in Age Groups. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | . | 3 | — | 2 | 12 | — | 96 | . | 113 |
| 1 and under 5 years | . | 17 | 10 | 9 | 14 | — | 15 | . | 65 |
| 5 and under 15 years | . | 1 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | . | 15 |
| 15 and under 25 years | . | . | . | . | . | l | . | . | 1 |
| 25 years and upwards | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Total all ages | . | 21 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 111 | . | 194 |
| Note.—Typhus h'ever should be included in the list of Principal Zymotic Diseases. It is omitted in the above table, as no cases occurred during the year. | |||||||||