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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 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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TABLE V.

Table: TABLE V.Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1872 to 1881, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,and the number in 1882.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1872 to 1881, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,

and the number in 1882.

Disease.1872.1873.1874.1875.1876.1877.1878.1879.1880.1881.Annual Average of 10 years. 1872—1881.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 yean, 1872.1881.1882.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1882.
Smallpox50001350031.71.854.6
Measles9112553461332141716.617.62321.1
Scarlet Fever391061130143211112518.920.11211.0
Diphtheria10748114844157.57.92119.2
Whooping Cough.3619261744184724651330.732.62825.6
Fever14915232022109171915.816.8109.2
Diarrhœa3629394045394114413936338.52220.1
Total1488511410418510616694162131127.5135.3121110.8
London1272211385112201341112565122921822012310136811390613171.2166.513533163.47
Total Deaths from all causes7135675459766068151377411770028369585540811288107179078 0......82905......
England and Wales9174368057850947925973217644548247360157825375823974523 0144.5............
Total Deathsfrom all causes49226549232052670154631750308500348539574528194528056491813515589.6..................