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REPORT
TO
The Board of Marks for the District,
TO THE END OF THE YEAR, 1900,
BY
DR. S. BLAKE JOLLY,
Medical Officer of Health for the District.
Gentlemen,
The number of deaths registered as having occurred in the
Lewisham District during the year 1900 was 1,942; of these,
254 were of persons who did not belong to the district. On the
other hand, 94 persons belonging to the district died in hospitals
and asylums outside, making the actual total of deaths 1,782, as
against 1,818 in the previous year, a decrease of 36. There was,
however, an increase of 5,395 in population during the year, and
the death rate for 1900 was 13.1 per 1,000 as compared with 13.9
per 1,000 in 1899, and 14.0 per 1,000 in 1898.
The deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs increased
from 313 to 351, partly owing to Influenza, 53 deaths being
directly attributed to that disease. The deaths from Zymotic
disease were 220, compared with 303 in the previous year, of which
50 were due to Whooping Cough. Deaths from Diphtheria
decreased from 70 to 36.