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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 1915
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915
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| Ward. | Enteric Fever. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis. (Under 2 years). | Totals. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | |
| Church | — | — | 2 | 0.35 | — | — | 1 | 0.17 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0.52 |
| Manor | — | — | 5 | 0.61 | — | — | 1 | 0.12 | — | — | 1 | 0.12 | 7 | 0.86 |
| South | — | — | 2 | 0.31 | — | — | 2 | 0.31 | — | — | 1 | 0.15 | 5 | 0.78 |
| Blackheath | — | — | 2 | 0.31 | — | — | 3 | 0.47 | 1 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.15 | 7 | 1.10 |
| Lewisham Vill. | — | — | 11 | 0.75 | — | — | 3 | 0.20 | 3 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.27 | 21 | 1.44 |
| Lewisham Park | — | — | 6 | 0.34 | 2 | 0.11 | 3 | 0.17 | 3 | 0.17 | 9 | 0.51 | 23 | 1.30 |
| Brockley | — | — | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.19 | 2 | 0.12 | 7 | 0.45 | 14 | 0.90 |
| Catford | 1 | 0.02 | 15 | 0.35 | 1 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.04 | 10 | 0.23 | 31 | 0.74 |
| Forest Hill | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.04 | — | — | 1 | 0.04 | 6 | 0.28 | 10 | 0.47 |
| Sydenham | 1 | 0.03 | 5 | 0.18 | —. | — | 5 | 0.18 | 4 | 0.14 | 14 | 0.50 | 29 | 1.05 |
| Whole Borough | 3 | 0.01 | 50 | 0.30 | 5 | 0.03 | 23 | 013 | 16 | 0.09 | 53 | 0.32 | 150 | 0.91 |