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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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Attack Rates
| Borough. | Small.Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | All Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905. | 1906 | 1907. | 1908. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908 | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | |
| Battersea | — | — | — | — | 4.77 | 5.83 | 5.39 | 6.16 | 1.08 | 1.53 | 1.98 | 1.96 | 7.13 | 8.51 | 8.66 | 9.18 |
| Bermondsey | — | 0.00 | — | — | 5.82 | 7.69 | 7.98 | 4.93 | 1.29 | 2.61 | 2.49 | 1.94 | 8.73 | 12.16 | 11.98 | 8.68 |
| Bethnal Green | 0.03 | 0.04 | — | — | 6.09 | 4.97 | 9.87 | 7.58 | 2.33 | 1.92 | 2.22 | 2 09 | 10.53 | 9.24 | 14.45 | 12.19 |
| Camber well | 0.04 | 0.02 | — | — | 4.46 | 4.23 | 5.69 | 3.70 | 0.91 | 1.29 | 1.47 | 1.40 | 7.04 | 6.87 | 8.48 | 6.09 |
| Chelsea | — | — | — | — | 3.03 | 362 | 2.93 | 2.28 | 0.72 | 2.16 | 2.12 | 1.85 | 5.15 | 6.82 | 5.97 | 5.07 |
| Deptford | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | — | 5.30 | 5.56 | 6.69 | 6.05 | 1.29 | 2.64 | 2.74 | 1.74 | 8.30 | 9.93 | 11.05 | 9.48 |
| Finsbury | 0.01 | — | — | — | 4.88 | 4.60 | 5.24 | 4.19 | 1.42 | 2.31 | 1.61 | 1.74 | 8.01 | 8.52 | 8.25 | 7.44 |
| Fulham | — | — | — | — | 4.96 | 4.16 | 4.02 | 3.42 | 1.81 | 2.49 | 3.64 | 2.29 | 8.21 | 7.79 | 8.89 | 6.76 |
| Greenwich | 0.03 | — | — | — | 2.77 | 5.38 | 6.18 | 3.86 | 1.40 | 3.88 | 2.40 | 2.01 | 5.42 | 10.62 | 9.64 | 0.32 |
| Hackney | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 4.66 | 4.54 | 7.78 | 5.34 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 2.34 | 1.63 | 8.40 | 7.99 | 11.99 | 8.31 | |
| Hammersmith | _ | — | — | — | 3.02 | 3.62 | 4.76 | 3.12 | 2.03 | 2.33 | 1.76 | 1.62 | 6.53 | 7.24 | 7.55 | 5.59 |
| Hampstead | - | — | 0.01 | — | 2.04 | 4.31 | 3.52 | 2.97 | 0.74 | 1.10 | 1.23 | 0.68 | 3.52 | 6.23 | 5.64 | 4.34 |
| Holborn | 0.01 | — | — | — | 2.76 | 2.47 | 2.86 | 3.51 | 0.81 | 1.18 | 1.16 | 0.90 | 4.65 | 4.94 | 5.02 | 5.73 |
| Islington | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | 3.49 | 4.03 | 3.51 | 3.98 | 1.02 | 1.27 | 1.39 | 1.49 | 5.62 | 6.54 | 5.97 | 6.46 |
| Kensington | — | — | — | — | 1.87 | 2.65 | 2.93 | 2.44 | 0.72 | 0.98 | 1.38 | 1.26 | 3.79 | 4.62 | 5.26 | 4.73 |
| Lambeth | — | — | — | 3.27 | 4.00 | 4.65 | 4.45 | 1.46 | 1.33 | 1.03 | 106 | 5.96 | 6.49 | 6.65 | 6.44 | |
| Lewisham | 0.05 | — | — | — | 3.79 | 3.65 | 3.82 | 3.77 | 0.98 | 1.64 | 1.88 | 2.87 | 5.88 | 6.08 | 6.45 | 7.41 |
| London, City of | — | — | 0.10 | — | 3.38 | 5.28 | 4.79 | 2.71 | 0.71 | 0.84 | 1.38 | 1.48 | 5.35 | 7.44 | 7.45 | 5.06 |
| Paddington | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | — | 1.88 | 4.81 | 3.86 | 4.45 | 0.65 | 1.22 | 1.13 | 0.98 | 3.82 | 7.28 | 6.10 | 6.36 |
| Poplar | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | 5.81 | 3.34 | 7.53 | 7.34 | 2.88 | 1.45 | 2.11 | 1.81 | 10.38 | 6.52 | 11.30 | 10.68 |
| St. Marylebone | — | — | 0.01 | — | 2.14 | 3.07 | 3.42 | 3.19 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 4.80 | 5.70 | 5.77 | 5.42 |
| St. Pancras | 0.01 | — | 0.00 | 0.01 | 4.17 | 3.37 | 3.59 | 3.95 | 1.21 | 1.18 | 1.48 | 1.28 | 6.71 | 5.95 | 6.10 | 6.18 |
| Shoreditch | 0.01 | — | 0.01 | — | 6.80 | 5.40 | 7.60 | 5.12 | 1.56 | 1.24 | 1.93 | 1.79 | 9.11 | 8.25 | 11.08 | 8.94 |
| South wark | — | — | — | — | 3.72 | 7.02 | 6 09 | 3.62 | 1.45 | 1.91 | 2 02 | 1.26 | 7 00 | 11.06 | 9.80 | 6.26 |
| Stepney | 0.03 | 0.01 | — | — | 6.03 | 3.93 | 10.15 | 7.45 | 2.09 | 1.96 | 2.44 | 2 08 | 10.29 | 7.70 | 14.60 | 11.23 |
| StokeNewington | 0 .02 | — | — | — | 3.36 | 2.53 | 4.71 | 3.68 | 1.49 | 0.88 | 2.21 | 1.18 | 5.62 | 4.49 | 7.80 | 5.59 |
| Wandsworth | 0.00 | — | — | — | 5.61 | 3.91 | 4.71 | 4.28 | 1.31 | 2.03 | 2.27 | 2.01 | 8.33 | 7.27 | 8.09 | 7.25 |
| Wtmstr., City of | 0.01 | — | — | 0.01 | 2.09 | 3.08 | 2.43 | 3.61 | 0.68 | 1.20 | 0.84 | 1.08 | 3.79 | 5.30 | 4.19 | 5.44 |
| Woolwich | 0.05 | — | — | — | 4.09 | 4.12 | 7.90 | 4.50 | 2.18 | 3.03 | 2.16 | 2.76 | 7.31 | 8.15 | 11.26 | 8.18 |
| London County | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.15 | 4.30 | 5.40 | 4.53 | 1.38 | 1.70 | 1.85 | 1.64 | 7.01 | 7.42 | 8.61 | 7.36 |
*Not including Puerperal Fever.