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To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of
Lewisham.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you my first Annual Report on the
Health and Sanitary Condition of the Borough of Lewisham
during the year 1901.
It was not until the end of August that I had the honour
of commencing my duties, and in consequence of the absence of
office records it has been difficult to collect the facts contained
therein.
The alteration of areas in the formation of the existing
Borough has made it quite impossible to obtain comparative statistical
figures for previous years.
The time devoted to organising the Department, together
with the large amount of work entailed by the threatened invasion
of Small-pox, and the necessity of waiting for the issue of
the Census Returns for the County of London, are mainly responsible
for the delay of issue.
The health of the district is highly satisfactory. The
The death rate from all causes amounted to 13.0 per 1,000, the
lowest in London excep Hampstead, and far below the average
for England and Wales and the 33 great towns.
The mortality from the principal infectious diseases, 1.62
per 1,000, compares most favourable with other Boroughs.
The infantile mortality is nearly the lowest in London,
only four Boroughs having a lower mortality.
The mortality from Phthisis, .93 per 1,000, is, with the
exception of Hampstead (.91 per 1,000,) the lowest in London,