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Lewisham 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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The Lewisham zymotic death rate, 1.14, compares
favourably with the rates 1.85 for the County of London,
1.59 for the 76 Great Towns, and 1.29 for England and Wales
during the same period, but it is slightly above the average
(1.13) for the past six years.
Of the total 181 deaths in Lewisham from the principal
infectious diseases, Measles accounted for 47, Scarlet Fever 11,
Whooping Cough 30, Diphtheria 44, Enteric Fever 4, Dysentery
2, Epidemic Diarrhoea 11, and Epidemic Enteritis 32. (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.