London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1904
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1904
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Table C.
| 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 | At Ages—Years. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | Lee. | Lewisham. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | ||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
| Small-Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria Membranous croup | 117 | 3 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 17 | — | 13 | 65 | 39 | 7 | 45 | 29 |
| Erysipelas | 82 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 322 | 2 | 91 | 190 | 29 | 10 | — | 37 | 196 | 89 | 26 | 153 | 73 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 23 | — | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | — | 2 | 10 | 11 | — | 4 | 5 |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 8 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Chicken-Pox | 339 | 34 | 125 | 171 | 6 | 3 | — | 18 | 196 | 125 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 891 | 40 | 259 | 422 | 66 | 94 | 10 | 74 | 518 | 299 | 35 | 206 | 108 |
* Notifiable for seven months (April 8th to November 8th).