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. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | Annual Average of 10 years, 1878—1887. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1878—1887. | 1888. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1888. |
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Smallpox | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Measles | 13 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 41 | 38 | 5 | 40 | 24.7 | 22.7 | 18 | 14.6 |
Scarlet Fever | 32 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 7 | 5.7 |
Diphtheria | 8 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 37 | 30.1 |
Whooping Cough | 47 | 24 | 65 | 13 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 39 | 32 | 23 | 34.7 | 31.9 | 76 | 61.9 |
Fever | 10 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 11 | 8.9 |
Diarrhœa | 41 | 14 | 41 | 39 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 37 | 60 | 31 | 34.2 | 31.4 | 25 | 20.3 |
Total | 156 | 94 | 152 | 131 | 121 | 118 | 157 | 148 | 132 | 116 | 134.4 | 123.6 | 174 | 109.6 |
London | 18220 | 12310 | 13681 | 13906 | 13533 | 10801 | 13633 | 11262 | 11202 | 12684 | 13123 | 158.9 | 10803 | 137.0 |
Total Deaths from all causes | 86695 | 85540 | 81128 | 81071 | 82905 | 80578 | 83050 | 80000 | 82257 | 82208 | 82543 | ........ | 78848 | ........ |
England and Wales | 82473 | 60157 | 82537 | 58239 | 72188 | 58972 | 71762 | 57726 | 62859 | 64686 | 67159 | 127.9 | 50684 | 99.2 |
Total Deaths from all causes | 539574 | 528194 | 528056 | 491813 | 516654 | 522662 | 531951 | 522517 | 522517 | 530577 | 524907 | ........ | 510690 | ........ |