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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Table showing the Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1,000 of the population for the Ten Wards, and the whole Borough in the years 1912-1915.
Wards. | Diseases | |||||||||||||||||||
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Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Erysipelas | Total All Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 191S | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | |
Church | 4.06 | 1.50 | 5.44 | 0.88 | 1.86 | 1.33 | 0.85 | 0.88 | 0.17 | — | — | — | 0.17 | — | 0.51 | 0.52 | 6.27 | 2.99 | 6.82 | 2.04 |
Manor | 2.19 | 3.98 | 7.27 | 0.86 | 2.19 | 2.10 | 1.67 | 0.98 | — | 0.11 | — | — | 0.36 | 0.81 | 0.35 | 0.73 | 4.75 | 7.38 | 9.54 | 2.82 |
South | 1.55 | 2.39 | 2.59 | 2.83 | 2.48 | 0.89 | 5.34 | 1.10 | — | 0.14 | 0.15 | — | 0.46 | 0.14 | 0.61 | 0.31 | 4.51 | 4.03 | 8.70 | 4.56 |
Blackheath | 4.28 | 0.44 | 5.50 | 3.61 | 1.99 | 2.24 | 2.75 | 1.88 | — | 0.14 | — | - | 0.31 | 0.14 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 6.58 | 3.29 | 8.58 | 5.82 |
Lewisham Village | 2.16 | 2.15 | 7.35 | 2.67 | 1.89 | 1.10 | 1.13 | 1.44 | — | — | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.94 | 0.78 | 1.47 | 0.96 | 4.99 | 4.12 | 10.09 | 5.16 |
Lewisham Park | 2.69 | 5.09 | 4.79 | 4.54 | 3.09 | 2.16 | 2.36 | 1.76 | 0.11 | 0.37 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 1.09 | 0.80 | 0.93 | 1.02 | 7.05 | 8.50 | 8.42 | 7.60 |
Brockley | 3.87 | 5.82 | 2.74 | 2.12 | 1.54 | 1.90 | 1.43 | 0.90 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.74 | 0.19 | 6.13 | 8.33 | 5.05 | 3.73 |
Catford | 2.87 | 4.27 | 6.16 | 2.32 | 3.90 | 2.04 | 2.34 | 1.17 | 0.29 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.09 | 0.51 | 0.22 | 0.74 | 0.59 | 7.63 | 7.28 | 10.05 | 4.30 |
Forest Hill | 1.94 | 4.60 | 5.39 | 1.72 | 1.56 | 4.38 | 2.23 | 2.01 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.66 | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.62 | 4.40 | 9.21 | 8.37 | 4.74 |
Sydenham | 2.90 | 3.60 | 6.26 | 4.79 | 2.22 | 2.46 | 2.97 | 2.17 | 0.14 | — | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 5.95 | 6.90 | 10.40 | 7.99 |
Whole Borough | 2.78 | 3.92 | 5.58 | 2-85 | 2-54 | 2.34 | 2.29 | 1-52 | 015 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.07 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.74 | 0.65 | 6.13 | 7.02 | 9.00 | 5.28 |