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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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| Localities | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Typhus Fever | Enteric Fever | Pyrexia *(origin uncertain) | Epidemic Diarrhœa & Epidemic Enteritis | Dysentery | Totals | † Death Rates from Principal Zymotic Diseases. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | (b) | ||||||||||||
| Church Ward | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
| Manor Ward | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0.67 | 0.66 |
| South Ward | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| Lee Division | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | - | - | 6 | 0.30 | 0.29 | |
| Blackheath Wd | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - | — | 3 | 0.44 | 0.46 |
| Lew. Vill. Wd. | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0.60 | 0.60 |
| Lew. Pk. Wd. | — | 4 | 2 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0.80 | 0.83 |
| Brockley Ward | — | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0.51 | 0.46 |
| Catford Ward | — | 9 | 3 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | 6 | — | 36 | 1.06 | 1.02 |
| Lewisham Div. | — | 15 | 8 | 13 | 23 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 68 | 0.80 | 0.78 |
| Forest Hill Wd. | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 0.49 | 0.45 |
| Sydenham Ward | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 25 | 0.86 | 0.87 |
| Sydenham and Forest Hill Div. | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 23 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 34 | 0.72 | 0.70 |
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| County of London | — | 1801 | 644 | 781 | 1786 | — | 194 | 4 | 1510 | 6654 | 1.42 | — | |
| 76 Great Towns | 6 | 6838 | 1958 | 2786 | 5641 | — | 1093 | 6377 | 24699 | 1.54 | - | ||
* Originally termed Simple Continued Fever.
Note.—† Rates in column (a) calculated per 1,ooo of the Registrar-General's estimated population.
Rates in column (6) calculated per 1,000 of the population estimated from the actual number
of occupied houses in 1907.