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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Table III.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole district. | Total Casks Notified in each Locality at all Ages. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | |||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 55 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
| Small-Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria including Membranous croup | 458 | — | 125 | 283 | 30 | 20 | — | 32 | 310 | 116 | 26 | 245 | 89 | 300 |
| Erysipelas | 90 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 58 | 13 | 15 | 52 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Scarlet fever | 600 | 2 | 134 | 375 | 56 | 33 | — | 92 | 395 | 113 | 78 | 320 | 101 | 499 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | — | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 |
| Plague | — | — | —1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1187 | 4 | 207 | 666 | 107 | 130 | 13 | 145 | 776 | 266 | 111 | 578 | 201 | 890 |