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Lee 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lee]

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K2 11.

(B.)Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year 1896, in the Eltham Parish, Lee (Metropolitan) District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adoptedforthe purposeoftheseStatistics; public institutionsbeingshownasseparate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1896.12345678910111234567891011
Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.RelapsingPuerperalTyphus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
ELTHAM PARISH56825911130Under 5017400000001011200000000
5 upwds.03080011002012022300300000
TOTALS56825911130Under 5017400000001011200000000
5 upwds.03080011002012022300300000

State here whether "Notification of Infectious Disease" is compulsory in the District—Yes. Since when?—1891 Act. State here the name of the Isolation Hospital used by the sick of the District.
Mark (H) the Locality in which such Hospital is situated; and if not within the District, state where it is situated—London Asylums Board and Lewisham Infirmary.