London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Doath rato of Infants under 1 year of age
All Infants per 1,000 live births . 42
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live
births 38
Illegitimate " " illegitimate live''
births 130.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
" " Whooping Cough (all ages) 7
" " Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 25
" " Cancer (all ages) 389
" " Tuberculosis 159
The causes of Deaths were as follows
| Causes | Males | Females | Total |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | |||
| Measles | - | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Influenza | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 2 | 2 | |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | - | 2 |
| Respiratory tuberculosis | 85 | 55 | 140 |
| Other tuberculosis | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | |
| General paralysis of the insane, etc. | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Cancer | 174 | 215 | 389 |
| Diabetes | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | 37 | 67 | 104 |
| Heart disease | 294 | 367 | 661 |
| Aneurysm | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Other circulatory diseases | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| Bronchitis | 25 | 34 | 59 |
| 45 | 41 | 86 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| Peptic ulcer | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| Diarrhoea | 24 | 8 | 32 |
| 10 | 7 | 17 | |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Other digestive diseases | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| 27 | 34 | 61 | |
| - | 2 | 2 | |
| Other puerperal diseases | - | 7 | 7 |
| 28 | 32 | 60 | |
| 20 | 40 | 60 | |
| Suicide | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| Other violence | 54 | 35 | 89 |
| Other defined diseases | 105 | 94 | 199 |
| 1129 | 1227 | 2356 |