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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 1902
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1902
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The St. Michael's Schools, Lower Sydenham, were closed
in October in consequence of Measles.
Table 20.
| Disease. | Notifications and Ages in Whole Borough. | Lee Division. | Lewisham Division. | Sydenham & Forest Hill Division. | Totals Borough. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upward. | Total Notified. | Removed to Hospital. | Total Notified. | Removed to Hospital. | Total Notified. | Removed to Hospital. | Notified at all Ages. | Removed to Hospital. | |
| Small-pox | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 51 | — | 14 | 14 | 46 | 46 | 24 | 24 | 84 | 84 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 149 | 385 | 69 | 27 | — | 107 | 83 | 351 | 262 | 179 | 147 | 637 | 492 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 6 | 108 | 198 | 27 | 37 | — | 78 | 68 | 210 | 142 | 88 | 46 | 376 | 256 |
| Enteric Fever | — | 1 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 90 | 5 | 59 | 25 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 70 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 59 | 6 | 36 | 8 | 112 | 16 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 6 |
| Total | 21 | 265 | 606 | 148 | 219 | 13 | 223 | 169 | 706 | 478 | 353 | 232 | 1282 | 879 |