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To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Lewisliam.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report on the
Vital Statistics and Sanitary Condition of the Borough for the
year ended December 31st, 1904, in compliance with the Order
of the Local Government Board.
I am pleased to report that the Borough continues to
maintain a fortunate position among other London Boroughs
with respect to its Death-rate, which is calculated upon the
number of deaths occuring from all classes of disease to the total
number of persons living at all ages, and also in regard to the
Infant Mortality and the mortality due to the principal infectious
diseases.
With regard to the general death-rate, 12.0 per 1,000, this
was the lowest death-rate but one recorded in the 29 Metropolitan
Boroughs, Hampstead having the lowest, 10'2 per 1,000.
The death-rate due to the principal infectious diseases, and
referred to as the Zymotic Death-rate, amounted to 1.4 per 1,000.
This rate is higher than that recorded in 1903, and is due largely
to an increased mortality among infants from Epidemic
Diarrhoea and Enteritis. The increased mortality from infectious
diseases was general throughout England and Wales. Of the ten
South Metropolitan Boroughs the rate recorded in Lewisham was
the lowest.
The infant mortality rate showed a marked increase
throughout England and Wales. The recorded rate in this
Borough amounted to 122 per 1,000 births, the lowest in the
South Metropolitan Boroughs. The increased mortality was due
to Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis, diseases which must be