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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Table 17.
Death Rates
Disease. | Lee Division. | Lewisham Division. | Sydenham and Forest Hill Div. | Whole Borough , | County of London. | 76 Great Towns. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-Pox | — | 0.05 | — | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Measles | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.41 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.39 |
Scarlet Fever | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
Diphtheria | — | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.16 |
Whooping Cough | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.32 | 0.29 |
Enteric Fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.08 |
EpidemicDiarrhœa and Enteritis | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.15 | 0.22 | 0.73 | 0.82 |
Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Zymotic Death Rates | ||||||
Infantile Mortality Rate | 46 | 103 | 94 | 93 | 129 | 140 |
Phthisis Death Rate | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.76 | 0.87 | 1.41 | — |
Comparative Rates for other Boroughs will be found in Table 12.