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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Distribution in Wards.—The following table shows the
distribution of infant deaths in the various wards of the
Borough. The highest mortality rates were in the Lewisham
Park, Manor and Forest Hill Wards:—
Table 7.
| Ward. | Common Infectious Diseases. | Diarrheal Diseases. | Wasting Diseases. | Tubercular Diseasts. | Ke^piratc ry Diseases. | Other Diseases. | Total Infant Deaths. | Death rate per 1000 of the Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church | - | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1.1 |
| Manor | - | - | 6 | - | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1.3 |
| South | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1.2 |
| Blackheath | - | 1 | 9 | - | — | 1 | 11 | 1.6 |
| Lew. Village | 3 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 2.5 |
| Lew. Park | 12 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 42 | 2.2 | |
| Brockley | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 2.1 |
| Catford | 4 | 14 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 78 | 2.1 |
| Forest Hill. | 3 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 2.2 |
| Sydenham | 4 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 1.8 |
| Total | 25 | 49 | 140 | 13 | 47 | 41 | 315 | 2.0 |