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Lewisham 1914

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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Vital Statistics—
Population 17
Census, 1911 19
Births 20
Marriages 22
Deaths 22
„ in Wards 23
„ Ages at 23
,, Causes of 24
,, from Zymotic Diseases 24
,, Tuberculous Diseases 27
,, of Infants 30
,, in Public Institutions 31
Metropolitan Boroughs. Births,
Deaths, &c. 47, 48
Infectious Diseases—
Notifiable Diseases 51
„ Age Periods 51
,, in Wards 53
Scarlet Fever 54
Diphtheria 54
Enteric Fever 55
Erysipelas 55
Puerperal Fever 55
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 55
Polio Myelitis 55
Attack rates in Wards 56
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 57
Non-notifiable Diseases 59
School Closure 59
Bacteriological Diagnoses 60
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Sanitary Work—
Housing, Town Planning, &c.,
Act 63
House-to-house Inspection 64
Combined Drainage 65
Smoke Nuisances 66
Disinfection 66
Coroner's Court and Mortuary 67
Summary of Male Inspectors'
Work 68
Summary of Female Inspectors'
Work 69
Water Certificates granted 70
Revenue Act Certificates 71
Food Supply—
Bakehouses 75
Dairies, Milk Shops, &c. 75
Cowhouses 75
Slaughterhouses 76
Unsound Food 77
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 78-85
Factories and Workshops—
Home Office Tables 90
Appendix—
Local Government Board Tables—
Table I.—Vital Statistics, 1914
and previous years 97
II.—Infectious Diseases 98
,, III.—Causes of Death 99
,, IV.—Infantile Mortality 100
„ V.—London County
Council Summary 101
,, IV.—Meteorological
Table, 1914 103