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Lewisham 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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M 11.Semisham District Board of Works.

( B) Table of POPULATION, and of NEW CASES of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1899, in the Sanitary District of L ewisham , classified according to D iseases and L ocalities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
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Fevers.Fevers.
Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.TyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperalCholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperalCholera.Erysipelas.
LewishamUnder 5...681144......1.........2...2959........................
5 upwds.1319278......28......3...45...148119......6...............
Lewisham WorkhouseUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds....42...........................11........................
PengeUnder 5...285...........................18...........................
5 upwds....73161...11............6...261........................
BlackheathUnder 5...3..............................1...........................
5 upwds....101.....................1...8...........................
SydenhamUnder 5...2915......1............2...43........................
5 upwds....12730......26......3...37...2913......4...............
Park HospitalUnder 5...2.........1................................................
5 upwds....1518.....................1.................................
All Saints' Boys' OrphanageUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds....116...........................15........................
North Surrey District SchoolsUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds....1........................1.................................
Lewisham Industrial SchoolUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds.......1.........................................................
Guy's HospitalUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds....2..................................................................
St. John's HospitalUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds....1............................................................
TotalsUnder 5...1301314...21.........4...5262........................
5 upwds.15533621...65......8...91...213139......10...............