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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Distribution in Wards.— The following table shows the
distribution of infant deaths in the various wards of the
Borough. The highest mortality was in the Lewisham Park,
Manor and Forest Hill Wards :—
Table 7.
| Ward. | Common Infectious Diseases. | Diarrhoeal Diseases. | Wasting Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | Other Diseases. | Total Infant Deaths | Death_rate per. iooo of the Population. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | b | ||||||||
| Church | - | - | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | 10 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Manor | 2 | - | 11 | - | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| South | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Blackheath | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Lew. Village | 1 | 4 | 10 | - | 4 | 11 | 30 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Lew. Park | 4 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Brockley | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Catford | 2 | 17 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 76 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Forest Hill | 3 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| Sydenham | 5 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 60 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Total | 20 | 41 | 163 | 9 | 50 | 43 | 325 | 2.1 | 2.08 |
.Note: (a) Rates in this column are calculated upon the Registrar_General's
estimated Population.
(b) These figures are calculated upon the more accurate estimated
Population obtained from the actual number of occupied houses
ascertained in 1907.