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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: Table 6.Analysis of Deathsunder one year of age,during the years1902-3-4.

Table 6.

Analysis of Deathsunder one year of age,during the years

1902-3-4.

Disease.1902.1903.1904
Number of Deaths.Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.Number of Death?.Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 yearNumber of DeathsPercentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year
Premature Birth7818.26820.77316.6
Tubercular Diseases194.4134.0143.2
Epidemic Diarrhœa „ Enteritis5312.4298.810323.4
Other Zymotic Diseases358.2103.0296.6
Convulsions5111.9247.3265.9
Circulatory Diseases71.672.151.1
Respiratory Diseases6114.35817.77316.6
Enteritis, GastroEnteritis and other Digestive Diseases8118.97823.88118.4
Overlaying, Drowning, other Accidents112.692.771.6
Classified under various other headings327.5329.8296.6
Totals428100.0328100.0440100.0