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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 1901
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1901
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| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | Cases notified in whole District. | Total Cases notified in each locality at all ages | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each locality | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | Under 1 | At Ages—Years | Lee | Lewisham | Sydenham and Forest Hill | Lee | Lewisham | Sydenham and Forest Hill | |||||
| 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
| Small-pox | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 7 | — | 5 | |||
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 292 | 6 | 78 | 148 | 32 | 28 | - | 72 | 177 | 43 | 59 | 109 | 26 |
| Membranous croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 88 | 7 | — | 8 | 12 | 57 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Scarlet fever | 455 | 5 | 99 | 261 | 59 | 31 | — | 45 | 263 | 147 | 29 | 188 | 115 |
| Typhus fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Enteric fever | 61 | — | 2 | 8 | 26 | 25 | — | 6 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 10 |
| Relapsing fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | 7 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 915 | 18 | 182 | 429 | 134 | 178 | 4 | 135 | 521 | 259 | 94 | 323 | 163 |