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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Diseases.
Age Groups.
At
all ages.
Table 17.
Deaths from Infectious Diseases, 1926.
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 years
20 and under
35 years
35 and under
45 years
45 and under
65 years
65 and over.
Measles
5
6
—
2
1
1
—
—
—
-
—
15
Scarlet Fever
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
Enteric Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
1
—
1
Whooping Cough
3
1
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
Diphtheria
—
1
1
1
2
4
—
—
—
—
1
—
10
Influenza
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
2
1
8
12
24
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
17
51
30
35
—
135
Erysipelas
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
1
-
-
4