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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Death Rates
Disease. | Lee Division. | Lewisham Division. | Sydenham and Forest Hill Div. | Whole Borough | County ol London. | 76 Great Towns. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 |
Measles | 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.31 |
Scarlet Fever | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.10 |
Diphtheria | 0.15 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.15 | 0.16 |
Whooping Cough | 0.15 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.29 |
Enteric Fever | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.08 |
EpidemicDiarrhœa and Enteritis | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 0.65 |
Dysentery | — | 0.02 | — | 0.01 | ||
Total Zymotic Death Rates | 0.83 | 1.28 | 1.00 | 1.14 | 1.35 | 1.59 |
Infantile Mortality Rate | 53 | 95 | 85 | 87 | 113 | 128 |
Phthisis Death Rate | 0.63 | 0.93 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 1.32 | — |
Comparative Hates for other Boroughs will be found in Table 12.