Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Disease. | Lee Division. | Lewisham Division. | Sydenham and Forest Hill Div. | Whole Borough | County of London. | 76 Great Towns. |
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Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
Measles | - | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.38 | 0.43 | |
Scarlet Fever | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.12 | |
Diphtheria | — | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.17 | |
Whooping Cough | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.49 | 0.88 | 0.35 | |
Enteric Fever | — | 0.01 | — | 0.04 | 0.07 | |
EpidemicDiarrhœa and Enteritis | — | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 0.40 | |
Dysentery | — | 0.01 | - | |||
Total Zymotic Death Rates | 0.30 | 0.80 | 0.72 | 1.42 | 1.54 | |
Infantile Mortality Rate | 70 | 90 | 97 | 116 | 127 | |
Phthisis Death Rate | 0.75 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 1.40 | — |
Comparative Rates for other Boroughs will be found in Table 12.