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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Table B.
Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in the Years 1901-5
| Names of Localities. | LEE. | LEWISHAM. | SYDENHAM & FOREST HILL. | WHOLE BOROUGH. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 Year | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
| 1901 | o t- 00 | 398 | 255 | — | 66631 | 1882 | 856 | — | 43146 | 1040 | 557 | - | 128480 | 3320 | 1668 | — |
| 1902 | 18925 | 00 | 220 | 37 | 69672 | 1857 | 991 | 261 | 43835 | 1153 | 607 | 130 | 132432 | 3491 | 1818 | 428 |
| 1903 | 19147 | 486 | 213 | 37 | 72731 | 1979 | 816 | 203 | 44527 | 1098 | 484 | 88 | 136405 | 3563 | 1513 | 328 |
| 1901 | 19370 | 469 | 193 | 40 | 75808 | 1967 | 941 | 265 | 15223 | 1153 | 545 | 135 | 140401 | 3589 | 1679 | 440 |
| 1905 | 19594 | 454 | 186 | 21 | 78903 | 2027 | 966 | 209 | 45923 | 1152 | 539 | 108 | 144420 | 3633 | 1691 | 338 |
Note:—'Figures for years prior to 1901 are unobtainable.
Table C.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1905.
| 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. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
| Small-Pox | 8 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 8 | – | – | 8 | — |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria Membranous croup | 142 | 5 | 44 | 58 | 17 | 18 | — | 21 | 65 | 56 | 15 | 47 | 39 |
| Erysipelas | 109 | 1 | — | 10 | 11 | 74 | 13 | 14 | 64 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 8 |
| Scarlet fever | 548 | 3 | 135 | 331 | 46 | 33 | — | 110 | 319 | 119 | 92 | 249 | 90 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 33 | — | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | _ | 4 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | – | – | – | – | |
| Puerperal fever | 10 | — | — | _ | 3 | 7 | _ | 1 | 1 | 8 | _ | — | 2 |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –– | – | – | – |
| Totals | 850 | 9 | 180 | 404 | 90 | 152 | 15 | 150 | 476 | 224 | 110 | 329 | 143 |