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 V.
Disease. | 1865. | 1866. | 1867. | 1868. | 1869. | 1870. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | Annual Average of 10 years, 1865-1874 | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years 1865-1874. | 1875. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deathin 1875. |
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Smallpox | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 6.47 | 0 | 0.00 |
Measles | 9 | 21 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 15.5 | 20.88 | 5 | 5.25 |
Scarlet Fever | 13 | 12 | 9 | 77 | 40 | 70 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 30.1 | 40.55 | 11 | 11.54 |
Diptheria | 7 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8.6 | 11.59 | 8 | 8.40 |
Whooping Cough.. | 14 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 19 | 25 | 20.6 | 27.75 | 17 | 17.84 |
Fever | 16 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 1.81 | 24.66 | 23 | 24.13 |
Diarrhœa | 32 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 15 | 48 | 41 | 36 | 29 | 39 | 31.7 | 42.71 | 40 | 41.97 |
Total | 96 | 125 | 101 | 179 | 132 | 166 | 150 | 148 | 85 | 114 | 129.6 | 174.61 | 104 | 109.13 |
London | 14299 | 14760 | 11817 | 14797 | 17476 | 16489 | 19454 | 12722 | 11385 | 11220 | 14441.9 | 190.02 | 13411 | 164.52 |
Total Deaths from all causes | 73531 | 80453 | 70924 | 74798 | 78082 | 77634 | 80430 | 71355 | 75459 | 76606 | 75927.2 | ..... | 81513 | ..... |
England and Wales | 92030 | 82692 | 72587 | 97352 | 91379 | 100527 | 103801 | 91743 | 68057 | 85094 | 89644.7 | 181.15 | 79269 | 145.07 |
Total Deaths 1 from all causes | 490909 | 500689 | 471073 | 480622 | 494828 | 515329 | 514879 | 492265 | 492320 | 526701 | 494844.5 | ...... | 546317 | ...... |