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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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The deaths and death-rates from pulmonary tubercalosis
in the various Wards are set out in the following table
WARD.
No. of
Deaths
Death
Rate.
WARD.
No. of
Deaths
Death
Rate.
Church
8
1.36
Lewisham Park
17
0.93
Manor
3
0.35
Brockley
13
0.81
South
Catford
23
0.53
4
0.61
Forest Hill
16
0.74
Blackheath
4
0.61
Sydenham
14
0.49
Lewisham Vill
23
1.53
Precise address
unknown
3
Whole Borough
128
0.75
Ages at Death:—
Under 5 years 1 deaths.
5 and under 15 5 „
15,, ,, 25 37 ,,
25 „ ,, 45 57 ,,
45 „ „ 65 22 „
65 and over 6 „
,,
All Ages 128
Tuberculous Meningitis and other tuberculous diseases
were the cause of 36 deaths.
Cancer and Malignant Diseases were the cause of 182
deaths, compared with 194 in 1913. The average yearly
number of deaths in the ten years, 1904-13, was 150.