London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Lewisham 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table 17.

Death Rates from principalZymotic DiseasesandPhthisisandInfantile Mortalityin the Borough and its Divisions, in the County of London, and in the76Great Towns, for the Year1905.

Disease.Lee Division.Lewisham Division.Sydenham and Forest Hill Div.Whole Borough ,County of London.76 Great Towns.
Small-Pox0.050.030.000.00
Measles0.100.250.410.280.370.39
Scarlet Fever0.050.030.040.030.120.13
Diphtheria0.060.070.060.120.16
Whooping Cough0.100.110.280.170.320.29
Enteric Fever0.050.050.020.040.050.08
EpidemicDiarrhœa and Enteritis0.150.280.150.220.730.82
Dysentery
Total Zymotic Death Rates0.460.840.980.831.711.88
Infantile Mortality Rate461039493129140
Phthisis Death Rate0.820.950.760.871.41

Comparative Rates for other Boroughs will be found in Table 12.