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Lewisham 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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1909. The attack rate for the County of London was 5*31,
compared with 4-43 in 1910.
The attack rates for the Wards will be found in Table
17. It will be seen that Lewisham Park Ward had the largest
number of cases in proportion to its population, having an
attack rate of 6'82 per 1,000. The lowest attack rate was
in South Ward, 2*84 per 1,000.

Table: Table 16.Number of Cases ofInfectious Diseasesnotified in the TenWards and the Whole Borough during the Year1911.

Table 16.

Number of Cases ofInfectious Diseasesnotified in the Ten

Wards and the Whole Borough during the Year1911.

Wards.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria.Knteric FeverErysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Cerebro-Spinal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Polio-Myelitis or Polio-EncephalitisTotal.
1 Church811l2_———22
2 Manor2217l7————47
3 South97—2————18
Lee Division3935211————87
4 Blackheath108_5l_2—26
5 Lewisham Village1525213l—4—60
6 Lewisham Park41542152—2l117
7 Brockley4615—5——1—67
8 Catford897815161—22203
Blackheath & Lewisham Division20118019545—113473
9 Forest Hill2845418__2—97
10 Sydenham696910206l3—178
Sydenham & Forest Hill Division9711414886l5—275
Whole Borough3373293510311l163835