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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 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE V.Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1879 to 1888, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,and the number in 1889.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1879 to 1888, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,and the number in 1889.

Disease.1879.1880.1881.1882.1883.1884.1885.1886.\m.1888.Annual average of 10 years, 1879-1888Proportion of Death to 1000 Deaths in 10 years 1879-18881889.Proportion of Death to 1000 Deaths in 1889.
Smallpox00350160001.41.200.0
Measles321417232441385401827 324.72118.6
Scarlet Fever11112512188046711.110.097.9
Diphtheria44152116121325103716.214.654.4
Whooping Cough.2465132824523932237639.936.12320.4
Fever9171910101216661112.211.065.3
Diarrhœa1441392226313760312536.032.63430.1
Total London94 12310152 13681131 13906121 13533118 10801157 13633148 11262132 11202116 12684174 10803144.1 12381130.5 139.198 970987.0 128.2
Total Deaths from all causes8554081128810718290580578830508000082257822087884881758.......75683.......
England and Wales6015782537582397218858972717625772662859646865068463981122.461027112.4
Total Deaths from all causes526255528624491935516654522997530828522750537276330758510690521876.......517936.......