London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE V.
Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1863 to 1872, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,
and the number in 1873.
| Disease. | 1863. | 1864. | 1865. | 1866. | 1867. | 1868. | 1869. | 1870. | 1871. | 1872. | Annual Average of 10 years, 1863-1872. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1862-1873. | 1873. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1873. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5.9 | 8.53 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 29 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 15.8 | 22.83 | 11 | 13.92 |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 77 | 40 | 70 | 25 | 39 | 34.0 | 49.14 | 10 | 12.64 |
| Diptheria | 6 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9.1 | 13.15 | 7 | 8.85 |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 191 | 27.60 | 19 | 24.02 |
| Fever | 11 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 18.9 | 27.32 | 9 | 11.37 |
| Diarrhæa | 17 | 29 | 32 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 15 | 48 | 41 | 36 | 29.5 | 42.64 | 29 | 36.66 |
| Total | 99 | 128 | 96 | 135 | 101 | 179 | 132 | 166 | 150 | 149 | 132.3 | 191.21 | 85 | 107.46 |
| London | 16751 | 16210 | 14299 | 14760 | 11817 | 14797 | 17476 | 16489 | 19454 | 12722 | 15477.5 | 204.96 | 11385 | 148.56 |
| England and Wales | 98530 | 96279 | 92030 * | 82692 | 72587 | 97352 | 91379 | 100527 | 103801 | 91743 | 92692.0 | 188.01 | 68057 | 137.76 |
* Registrar.General's Annual Summary, 1873.