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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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Table 16.
| Localities | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Typhus Fever | Enteric Fever | Pyrexia *(origin uncertain) | Epidemic Diarrhoea & Epidem it-Enteritis | Dysentery | Totals | Death Rates from Principal Zymotic Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Ward | - | — | — | 1 | 2 | - | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 0.56 |
| Manor Ward | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | - | - | - | 2 | — | 5 | 0.65 |
| South Ward | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | 3 | — | 8 | 1.39 |
| Lee Division | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | — | 6 | — | 17 | 0.83 |
| Blackheath Wd | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 6 | 0.86 |
| Lew. Vill. Wd. | — | 4 | — | 2 | 8 | — | — | 7 | 1 | 22 | 1.43 | |
| Lew. Pk Wd | — | 6 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | 31 | 1.65 |
| Brockley Ward | — | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 1.49 |
| Catford Ward | — | 8 | 7 | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | 8 | — | 38 | 1.04 |
| Lewisham Div | — | 28 | 8 | 26 | 20 | — | 1 | — | 30 | 2 | 115 | 1.28 |
| Forest Hill Wd | — | 15 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | _ | 25 | 1.34 |
| Sydenham Ward | — | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 24 | 0.80 |
| Sydenham and Forest Hill Div. | — | 16 | 2 | 15 | 7 | — | 2 | — | 7 | — | 49 | 1.00 |
| Whole Borough | — | 47 | 11 | 44 | 30 | — | 4 | '— | 43 | 2 | 181 | 1.14 |
| County of London | — | 1524 | 548 | 724 | 984 | — | 225 | 2 | 2592 | 6599 | 1.35 | |
| 76 Great Towns | 1 | 5069 | 1718 | 2578 | 4751 | - | 1251 | 10748 | 26116 | 1.59 | ||
* Originally termed Simple Continued Fever.