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 Lee]
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4. I have twice visited the Bakehouses in the parish and
found them in a satisfactory condition. A great many minor
sanitary defects are continually being found out, and they are at
once put right, and we very rarely now have apply to a Police
Magistrate,
Kidbrook.
5. The population for the parish estimated for the year
amounted to 2,150.
The births amount to 20.
Males 12
Females 8
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This gives a birth rate of 10 per 1,000. In the year 1895 there
were 15 births. The deaths amount to 16; giving a death rate
of eight per 1000.
Infectious Disease.
6. The number of cases notified to me during the year was
seven, against two in the previous year.
Scarlet Fever 5
Diphtheria 2
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