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 V.
Disease. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | Annual Average of 10 years, 1876—1885 | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1876.1886. | 1886. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1886. |
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Smallpox | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.3 | 2 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Measles | 34 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 41 | 38 | 24.4 | 23.4 | 5 | 4.3 |
Scarlet Fever | 30 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 4 | 3.4 |
Diphtheria | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 25 | 21.7 |
Whooping Cough | 44 | 18 | 47 | 24 | 65 | 13 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 39 | 35.4 | 33.9 | 32 1 | 27.2 |
Fever | 20 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 6 | 0.2 |
Diarrhœa | 45 | 39 | 41 | 14 | 41 | 39 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 37 | 33.5 | 32.1 | 60 | 521 |
Total | 185 | 106 | 156 | 94 | 152 | 131 | 121 | 118 | 157 | 148 | 137.0 | 131.4 | 132 | 114.8 |
London | 12565 | 12292 | 18220 | 12310 | 13681 | 13906 | 13533 | 10801 | 13633 | 11262 | 13220 | 162.7 | 11202 | 136.1 |
Total Deaths from all causes | 77411 | 77002 | 86695 | 85540 | 81128 | 81071 | 82905 | 80578 | 83050 | 80000 | 81238 | ...... | 82257 | ...... |
England and Wales | 73217 | 64454 | 82473 | 60157 | 82537 | 58239 | 72188 | 58972 | 71762 | 57726 | 69075 | 133.0 | 62859 | 111.4 |
Total Deaths from all causes | 510308 | 500348 | 539574 | 528194 | 528056 | 491813 | 516654 | 522662 | 531951 | 522517 | 519207 | ...... | 537078 | ...... |