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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 18.Deaths from PrincipalZymotic Diseasesarranged in Age Groups, for the year1904.

Table 18.

Deaths from PrincipalZymotic Diseasesarranged in Age Groups, for the year1904.

AgesSmall-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis.Dysentry.Totals in Age Groups.
Under 1 year—6——23—103—132
1 and under 5 years—176714—7—51
5 and under 15 years——151———7
15 and under 25 years———1————1
25 years and upwards-----2226
Total all ages—237133821122197
Note.—Typhus Fever should be included in the list of Principal Zymotic Diseases. It is omitted in the above table, as no cases occurred during the year.