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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 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE V.Showing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1889 to 1898,and in the Year 1899.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1889 to 1898,

and in the Year 1899.

Disease.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.Annual Average of 10 yearn, 1889—1898.Proportion of Deaths to 10O0 Deaths in 10 years, 1889-1898.Total Deaths in 1899.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1899.
Smallpox00006000010.60 410.5
Measles2134301619541342214429.3209158.2
Scarlet Fever94341212911998.25.863.3
Diphtheria511101753351782432930.221.67038.5
Whooping Cough2353296710543626293536.225.82312.6
Enteric Fever652410159101067.75.5126.6
Diarrhœa342924404232728710617864.446.017696.8
Totals9813698147161202156258218302176.6126.1303166.5
Totals—London978612090967511983128511154411545140981541012561
Totals—England and Wales6102759698632215603273496527715364266936670516971469820