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Lewisham 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Of the total 108 deaths in Lewisham from the principal
infectious diseases, Measles accounted for 17, Scarlet Fever 12,
Whooping Cough 50, Diphtheria 17, Enteric Fever 1, Dysentery
1, Epidemic Diarrhoea 5, and Epidemic Enteritis 5. (See
Table 16).
The death rates from the above diseases for the whole
Borough, the County of London, and the 76 Great Towns, have
been calculated and are set out in Table 17.