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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Table 18.
| Ages. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | Dysentry. | Totals in Age Groups. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | — | 8 | — | l | 13 | — | 29 | — | 51 |
| 1 and under 5 years | — | 28 | 4 | 4 | 11 | — | 3 | — | 50 |
| 5 and under 15 years. | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 8 |
| 15 and under 25 years | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| 25 years and upwards | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 8 |
| Total all ages | 4 | 41 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 32 | — | 120 |
Note.—Typhus Fever should be included in the list of Principal Zymotic
Diseases. It is omitted in the above table, as no cases occurred
during the year.