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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 21.

Attack rates from thePrincipal Infectious Diseasesper1000of the population for the ten Wards and the whole Borough in the years1902, 1903and1904.

Wards.Diseases
Small.PoxScarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverPuerperal FeverErysipelasTotal
190219031904190219031904190219031904190219031904190219031904190219031904190219031904
Church1.375.051.660.743.373.020.740.300.150 .150.760.600 .4510.875.442.08
Manor0.536.694.442.255.094.440.280.300.430.870.5613.539.882.53
South0.185.062.702.873.791.081.070.540 .361.080.1810.663.964.30
Blackheath0.585.172.802.202.363.391.170.440.290.150.590.441.179.166.924.70
Lewisham Village0.352.621.963.391.983.640.620.420.350 .270.140.920.770.766.326.875.05
Lewisham Park0.96__5.164.252.293.141.120.900.480.370 .07___0.880.440.5510.656.193.82
Brockley0.44-4.402.403.875.211.420.970.620.170 .170.260.090.530.440.4311.514.445.53
Catford0.786.555.431.902.721.250.830.390.290 .100.190.180.070.980.510.5211.607.683. 43
Forest Hill0.050.053.092.471.970.930.990.713.160.160 .220.11-0.110. 601.040.884.964.733.89
Sydenham0.894.782.571.962.761.320.960.660.530.260.150.030. 040.970.560.5910.225.043. 81
Whole Borough0.630.004.813.282.292.831.830.830.440.310. 160.100.050.050.840.600.589.686.093 .93