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Lewisham 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham

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K2 11 Semisham Distict 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 1894, 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 under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Numbek of such Cases Eemoved from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
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Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Flyers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup., Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
TyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal _Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinuedEelapsingPuerperal
LewishamUnder 5...34252...1............1...145........................
5 upwds.184321...122.........33...447......3...............
Lewisham WorkhouseUnder 5...1........................1...1...........................
5 upwds.14.........2............1914.........1...............
PengeUnder 5...135.........................................................
5 upwds.1427......131.........21.................................
BlackheathUnder 5...4..............................1...........................
5 upwds....83......1............1...21........................
SydenhamUnder 5...23291...2............8...129......1...............
5 upwds.59768......231.........4523919......4...............
St. John's HospitalUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds...............................1.................................
North Surrey District SchoolsUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds....12.....................1...1...........................
Home for Sick ChildrenUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds................3................................................
All Saints' OrphanageUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds....1..............................1...........................
Croydon InfirmaryUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds.......1.........................................................
♦St. Bartholomew's HospitalUnder 5..................................................................
5 upwds................1................................................
TotalsUnder 5...75593...3............10...2814......1...............
5 upwds.82371131...554...11...12139127......8...............
* From Sydenham.