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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 1877

[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, 1867 to 1876, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,and the number in 1877.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1867 to 1876, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,

and the number in 1877.

Disease.1867.1868.1869.1870.1871.18721873.1874.1875.1876.Annual Average of 10 years, 1867.1876Prioirtion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years 1867.1876.1877.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1877.
Smallpox1401117600013.94.733.8
Measles334143269112563416.420.166.6
Scarlet Fever97740702639106113031.738.91415.4
Diptheria8678810748117.79.444.4
Whooping Cough168271416361925174422.127.11819.7
Fever262528221714916232019.924.42224.1
Diarrhœa2529154841362939404634.742.63942.8
Total10117913216616014886114104185136.4167.7106116.3
London1181714797174761648919464127221138511220134111256514133.6184.912292159.6
Total Deaths from all causes7092474798780827763480430713557645976606816137741176421.2...77002...
England and Wales726879736291379100627103801917436805786094792597321786301.6171.064454128.8
Total Deaths from all causes471073480622494828516329514879492266492320526701546317510308504464.2...500348...