Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Table 11.
Death Rates per 1,000 of the population, in Disease Groups, in the Wards and Divisions of the Borough for the year 1905.
Disease Class | Wards and Divisions. | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
Church | Manor | South | Lee | Blackheath | Lewisham Village | Lewisham Park | Brockley | | Catford | Lewisham | Forest Hill | Sydenham | Sydenham and Forest Hiil | Whole Borough | |
I. Infective | 0 .9 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
II. Tuberculous | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 10 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 11 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
III. Malignant | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
IV. Nervous | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
V. Heart and Blood Vessels | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1 6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
VI. Respiratory | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 13 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 19 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
VI I. Digestive | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 11 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
VIII.Urinary | 0.4 | 0.3 | — | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
IX. Generative Organs | 0.1 | _ | — | 01 | _ | _ | _ | 0.1 | _ | 0.0 | _ | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
X. General Diseases | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
XI. Accidents | 0.4 | — | — | 0 2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
XII. Violence | 0.1 | 0.3 | — | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | — | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Total Deaths | 10.5 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 8.9 | 10 7 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 |