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. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1886. | Annual average of 10 years 1877-1886 | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1877—1886. | 1887. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1887. |
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Smallpox | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Measles | 6 | 13 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 41 | 38 | 5 | 21.3 | 20 1 | 40 | 33.6 |
Scarlet Fever | 14 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 13.6 | 15 4 | 6 | 5.0 |
Diphtheria | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 12.2 | 10.3 | 10 | 8.3 |
Whooping Cough | 18 | 47 | 24 | 65 | 13 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 39 | 32 | 34 2 | 33.9 | 23 | 19.3 |
Fever | 22 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 131 | 13.9 | 6 | 50 |
Diarrhoea | 39 | 41 | 14 | 41 | 39 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 37 | 60 | 350 | 321 | 31 | 260 |
Total | 106 | 166 | 94 | 152 | 131 | 121 | 118 | 157 | 148 | 132 | 131.5 | 131.4 | 116 | 97.4 |
London | 12292 | 18220 | 12310 | 13681 | 13906 | 13533 | 10801 | 13633 | 11262 | 11202 | 13084 | 162.7 | 12684 | 154.2 |
Total Deaths from all causes | 77002 | 86695 | 85540 | 81128 | 81071 | 82905 | 80578 | 83050 | 80000 | 82267 | 82022 | ...... | 82208 | ...... |
England and Wales | 64454 | 82473 | 60157 | 82537 | 58239 | 72188 | 58972 | 71762 | 57726 | 62859 | 64905 | 133.0 | 64686 | 122.4 |
Total Deaths from all causes | 500348 | 539574 | 528194 | 528056 | 491813 | 516654 | 522662 | 531951 | 522517 | 537078 | 520746 | ...... | 530577 | ...... |