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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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age of compulsory school attendance from five to six years, and,
what is of still greater importance, prevent children from attending
school while they are under the prescribed age. A step in
the right direction has already been taken in the provinces,
where the Board of Education are not insisting upon the
provision of accommodation for children under the age of five, the
present compulsory age.
The following figures show the percentage of cases occuring among children of the age of six years and under to the total notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria:—
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903. | 1904. | 1903. | 1904. | |
| 6 years and under | 46 | 54 | 55 | 44 |
| 5 ” ” | 38 | 44 | 43 | 40 |
| 4 ” ” | 28 | 29 | 28 | 34 |
Table 20.
Age Periods
| Age Periods. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Percentage to Total Cases | Males | Females. | Total. | Percentage to Total Cases. | |
| Under 1 year | - | 2 | 2 | 0.62 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.56 |
| 1 to 2 years | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3.42 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.42 |
| 2”3” | 11 | 10 | 21 | 6.52 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 11.11 |
| 3 ” 4 | ”14 | 12 | 26 | 8.8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8.5 |
| 4 ” 5 ” | 22 | 11 | 33 | 10.4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8.5 |
| 5” 10” | 76 | 69 | 145 | 45.3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 23.08 |
| 10”15 ” | 17 | 28 | 45 | 13.97 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 13.67 |
| 15 ” 25 ” | 9 | 20 | 29 | 9.00 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 14.52 |
| 25 years and over | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3.10 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 14.52 |
| At all ages | 160 | 162 | 322 | 100.00 | 51 | 66 | 117 | 100.00 |