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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 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE V.Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1864 to 1873, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,and the number in 1874.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1864 to 1873, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,and the number in 1874.

Disease.1864.1865.1866.1867.1868.1869.1870.1871.1872.1873.Annual average of 10 years, 1863-1872.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10years 1864-1873.1874.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1874.
Smallpox8551401117605.67.8000.00
Measles109213341432691114.019.502529.69
Scarlet Fever361312977407025391033.146.1167.12
Diphtheria10721867881079.212.8244.75
Whooping Cough151432168271416351919.627.302529.69
Fever191611262528221714918.726.051517.81
Diarrhœa2932232529154841362930.742.773946.32
Total1279612510117913216615014885130.9184.03114135.40
London1621014299147601181714797174761648919454127221138514940.9196.3611220146.46
Total Deaths from all causes7823873531804537092474798780827763480430713557545976090.4…76606…
England and Wales962799203082692725879735291379100527103801917436805789644.7181.1585094161.56
Total Deaths from all causes495531490909500689471073480622494828515329514879492265492320494844.5…526701…