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Lewisham 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham

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K2 11.
Lewisham District Board of Works

Table: 3(B) Table of POPULATION, and of NEW CASES of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year1893, in the Sanitary District of Lewisham , classified according to Diseases and Localities.

3(B) Table of POPULATION, and of NEW CASES of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year

1893, in the Sanitary District of Lewisham , classified according to Diseases and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Aged unde0r 5 or over 5.New Casks of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge or The Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Humes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
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Small pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
TyphusEnteric or Typhoid1 ContinuedRelapsingPuerperalTyphus.Enteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
Under 5...5551...1............2.........15.................................
Lewisham5 upwds.687292...15............68......353.........3.....................
Under 5..............................2..............................................
Lewisham Workhouse5 upwds.5...........................36......4....................................
Under 5...81......1............1...........................
Penge5 upwds.2431717312............................
Under 5...11..................................................................
Blackheath5 upwds.184......1............S......11.................................
Under 5...7342.....................8.........128..............................
Sydenham5 upwds.14246119......22............67......86128......3.....................
%Under 5..............................................................................
St. John's Hospital5 upwds.......1......4...........................1..............................
Under 5...1.................................................1.....................
North Surrey District Schools5 upwds....1........................1..............................................
Under 5...................................................................................
Home for Sick Children5 npwds....1.........2.............................................................
TotalsUnder 5...138493...2............13.........278.......1.....................
5 upwds.283861702...61......12...187......1611529......6.....................