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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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per cent. of the total infant deaths, do not include still births.
In order to obtain complete information in regard to the
wastage of infantile life, it is, I think, important that still births
should be registered and the information supplied to us.
| Disease. | 1903. | 1904. | 1903. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year. | |
| Common Infectious Diseases | 3.0 | 29 | 6.6 | 23 | 6.8 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases | 60 | 18.3 | 122 | 27.7 | 59 | 17.5 |
| Wasting Diseases | 124 | 37.8 | 151 | 34.3 | 139 | 41.1 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 14 | 4.3 | 14 | 3.2 | 10 | 3.0 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 53 | 16.2 | 64 | 14.5 | 43 | 12.7 |
| Diseases classified under other headings | 67 | 20.4 | 60 | 13.6 | 64 | 18.9 |
| Total | 328 | 100.0 | 440 | 100.0 | 338 | 100.0 |
Note.—For detailed list of these diseases see Table E of the Local
Government Board Tables (page 129).