Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915
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The following Table shows the death rates in the various Wards of the Borough during the year under review, and the previous year:—
Wards. | Total Deaths. | Death Rates. 1915. | Death Rates, 1914. |
---|---|---|---|
Church Ward | 97 | 17.04 | 14.82 |
Manor Ward | 111 | 13.64 | 10.37 |
South Ward | 70 | 11.01 | 9.92 |
Blackheath Ward | 100 | 15.73 | 10.40 |
Lew. Village Ward | 206 | 14.18 | 12.16 |
Lew. Park Ward | 283 | 13.22 | 10.68 |
Brockley Ward | 182 | 11.06 | 10.48 |
Catford Ward | 462 | 11.05 | 8.09 |
Forest Hill Ward | 265 | 12.68 | 13.89 |
Sydenham Ward | 864 | 12.49 | 12.41 |
Address Unknown | 26 | - | — |
Whole Borough | 2118 | 12.86 | 10.98 |
1014. | 1915. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Deaths. | Percentage to Total. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage to Total. | |
Under 1 year | 243 | 13.0 | 258 | 12.1 |
1 year and under 2 | 45 | 2.4 | 67 | 3.1 |
2 years and „ 5 | 55 | 2.9 | 52 | 2.4 |
5 ,, ,, ,, 15 | 71 | 3.8 | 74 | 3.4 |
15 ,, ,, ,, 25 | 86 | 4.6 | 86 | 4.0 |
25 ,, ,, ,, 45 | 234 | 12.6 | 230 | 10.8 |
45 ,, ,, ,, 60 | 411 | 22.1 | 520 | 24.5 |
65 „ and over | 713 | 38.3 | 829 | 39.2 |