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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1900.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | Blackheath and Lewisham. | Penge. | Sydenham and Forest Hill. | Blackheath and Lewisham. | Penge. | |
| Diphtheria | 321 | 4 | 98 | 153 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 67 | 230 | 24 | 45 | 180 | |
| Membranous Croup.. | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 79 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 4 | 33 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 6 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 484 | 6 | 128 | 300 | 44 | 9 | .. | 125 | 280 | 79 | 93 | 196 | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 64 | .. | 1 | 12 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 10 | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 958 | 15 | 233 | 370 | 115 | 116 | 9 | 259 | 578 | 121 | 155 | 392 | .. |