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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R E P O R T
to
The Board of Works for the Lewisham District,
TO THE END OF THE YEAR, 1877.
by
F. EACHUS WILKINSON, M.D., &c.,
Madical Officer of Health for the District.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting to you my report
of the sanitary state of the Lewish&m District during the
year 1877.
In Table I. page 10), will be found the estimated
population, inhabited houses, and the births, deaths, and
marriages, in the district during the year.
In Table II. (page 11), the annual rate of mortality,
death rates amongst children, and death rates at the public
institutions.
In Table III. (page 12), the death rates registered at
several groups of ages from different causes in the year.
In Table IV. (page 18), the mortality from certain
classes of diseases, and proportion to population.
In Table V. (page 19), the number of deaths in the 10
years, 1867 to 1876, inclusive, from the seven principal zymotic
diseases, and the number in 1877.
In Table VI. (p. 20), the Inspector's Report of sanitary
work done during the year.