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 OF CONTENTS.
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Vital Statistics—
Population 11
Census, 1911 5
Births 14
Marriages 16
Deaths 16
,, in Wards 17
,, Ages at 17
,, Causes of 26
„ from Zymotic Diseases 18
,, Tuberculous Diseases 21
,, of Infants 24
„ in Public Institutions 25
Metropolitan Boroughs. Births,
Deaths, &c 41
Death rates in Metropolitan
Boroughs (Zymotic Diseases) 42
Infectious Diseases—
Notifiable Diseases 45
,, Age Periods 46
,, in Wards 47
Scarlet Fever 48
Diphtheria 48
Enteric Fever 49
Erysipelas 49
Puerperal Fever 49
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 49
Polio Myelitis 49
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 49
Chicken-Pox 51
Attack rates in Wards 50
Tuberculosis 52
Non-notifiable Diseases 54
School Closure 54
Bacteriological Diagnoses 55
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Sanitary Work—
Housing, Town Planning, &c.
Act 59
House-to-house Inspection 61
Combined Drainage 62
Smoke Nuisances 63
Disinfection 63
Coroner's Court and Mortuary 64
Summary of Male Inspectors'
Work 65
Summary of Female Inspectors'
Work 66
Water Certificates granted 67
Revenue Act Certificates 68
Food Supply—
Bakehouses 71
Dairies, Milk Shops, &c 71
Cowhouses 71
Slaughterhouses 72
Unsound Food 73
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 73
Factories and Workshops
Home Office Tables 85
Appendix-
Local Government Board Tables—
Table I.—Vital Statistics, 1915
and previous years 93
,, II.—Infectious Diseases 94
,, III.—Causes of Death 95
,, IV.—Infantile Mortality 96
,, V.—London County
Council Summary 97
,, VI.—Meteorological
Table, 1915 98