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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 24. Deaths from Infectious Diseases, 1923.
| Diseases. | Age Groups. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 3 years | 3 and under 4 years | 4 and under 5 years | 5 and under 10 years | 10 and under 15 years | 15 and under 20 >ears | 20 and under 35 years | 35 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and over. | At all ages. | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 13 | 6 | 25 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 6 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |