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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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Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified in the Ten
Wards and the Whole Borough during the Year 1915.
| Wards | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Polio-Myelitis or Polio-Encephalitis | Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Church | 5 | 5 | - | 3 | l | l | — | - | 15 |
| 2 Manor | 7 | 8 | — | 6 | — | 2 | — | — | 23 |
| 3 South | 18 | 7 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 29 |
| Lee Division | 30 | 20 | — | 11 | l | 3 | — | 2 | 67 |
| 4 Blackheath | 28 | 12 | - | 2 | - | — | — | — | 37 |
| 5 Lewisham Village | 39 | 21 | l | 14 | — | — | — | — | 75 |
| 6 Lewisham Park | 80 | 31 | l | 18 | l | 1 | l | 2 | 135 |
| 7 Brockley | 33 | 15 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 58 |
| 8 Catford | 97 | 49 | 4 | 25 | l | 3 | — | 2 | 181 |
| Blackheath & Lewisham Division | 272 | 128 | 9 | 62 | 2 | 6 | l | 6 | 486 |
| 9 Forest Hill | 36 | 42 | 2 | 13 | - | 2 | _ | 4 | 99 |
| 10 Sydenham | 132 | 60 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 221 |
| Sydenham & Forest Hill Division | 168 | 102 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 320 | |