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Lewisham 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table 17.

Death Rates from principalZymotic DiseasesandPhthisis,andInfantile Mortalityin the Borough and its Divisions, in the County of London, and in the76Great Towns, for the Year1908.

Disease.Lee Division.Lewisham Division.Sydenham and Forest Hill Div.Whole BoroughCounty ol London.76 Great Towns.
Small-Pox-----0.00
Measles0.150.310.330.290.310.31
Scarlet Fever0.050.090.040.070.110.10
Diphtheria0.150.290.310.280.150.16
Whooping Cough0.150.220.140.190.200.29
Enteric Fever0.050.010.040.030.050.08
EpidemicDiarrhœa and Enteritis0.290.330.140.270.530.65
Dysentery0.020.01
Total Zymotic Death Rates0.831.281.001.141.351.59
Infantile Mortality Rate53958587113128
Phthisis Death Rate0.630.930.800.851.32

Comparative Hates for other Boroughs will be found in Table 12.