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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1913.
| Ages. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis. | Totals in Age Groups. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under1 year | — | 5 | — | 2 | 9 | — | 43 | 59 |
| 1 and under 2 years | — | 11 | — | — | 11 | — | 8 | 30 |
| 2 and under 5 | — | 4 | l | 17 | 2 | l | 4 | 29 |
| 5 and under 15 | — | 5 | 4 | 14 | — | 2 | 2 | 27 |
| 15 and under 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 25years and upwards | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| Total all ages 1913 | — | 25 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 67 | 162 |
| Total all ages 1912 | — | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 32 | 103 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—This disease was the cause
of 126 deaths in 1912, compared with 112 in 1911. The
average number of deaths in the ten years, 1903-12, was 117.
The death-rate from pulmonary tuberculosis amounted
to 0.73 per 1,000, compared with 0.68 per 1,000 in the preceding
year.