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PREFACE
As in the four preceding years the Annual Report on the
Health of the Borough for the year 1943, is, in accordance
with the instruction of the Ministry of Health, in an abridged
form but contains summaries of the principal vital and other
statistics. The figures indicate that the state of the public
health in Lewisham remained satisfactory.
Although there was no serious outbreak of infectious disease
during the year the incidence of scarlet fever and measles
was greater than in the previous year.
The Birth Rate was 18.69 per thousand and the Death Rate
13.97 per thousand, compared with the mean of the previous five
years of 14.6 and 12.6 per thousand respectively. The Infant
Mortality Rate increased from 37,7 in 1942 to 42.5 in the year
under review, compared with the average of 41 in the previous
five years. The Maternal Mortality Rate of 3.08 per thousand
births showed a slight decrease on the figure of 3.26 for the
preceding year.
Comparable rates for London, England. Wales and Lewi sham.
London England & Wales Lewi sham
Birth rate 15.8 16.5 18.7
Death rate 15.0 12.1 13.9
Infantile Mortality 58 49 42
The sanitary administration of the Borough has again been
satisfactorily maintained notwithstanding the difficult war
conditions and staff depletion.
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October, 1944.
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