[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham page 22

Lewisham 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham

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Table: TABLE V.Showing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1887 to 1896,and in the Year 1897.

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TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1887 to 1896,

and in the Year 1897.

Disease.	1887.	1888.	1889.	1890.	1891.	1892.	1893.	1894.	1895.	1896.	Annual Average of 10 years, 1887-1896.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1887-1896.	Total Deaths in 1897.	Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1897.
Smallpox	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.5	0.3	0	0.0
Measles	40	18	21	34	30	15	19	54	13	42	28.6	21.1	21	15.3
Scarlet Fever	6	7	9	4	3	4	12	12	9	11	7.7	5.6	9	6.3
Diphtheria	10	37	5	11	10	17	53	35	17	82	27.7	20.4	43	31.3
"Whooping Cough	23	76	23	53	29	67	10	54	36	26	39.7	39.3	29	21.1
Fever—
Typhus	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......
Enteric	6	11	6	5	2	4	10	15	9	10	7.8	5.7	10	7.3
Simple continued	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......	......
Diarrhœa	31	25	34	29	24	40	42	32	72	87	41.6	30.7	106	77.3
Totals	116	174	98	136	98	147	151	202	156	258	153	113	218	159
Totals—London	12720	10896	9785	12090	9675	11983	12851	11544	11545	14098			15410	146
Totals—England and Wales	64686	50684	61027	59698	53221	56032	73496	52771		66936			67051	124