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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 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE V.Shotting the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1868 to 1877, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,and the number in 1878.

TABLE V.

Shotting the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1868 to 1877, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases,

and the number in 1878.

Disease.1868.1869.1870.1871.1872.1873.1874.1875.1876.1877.Annual Average of 10 years, 1868—1877.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1868—1877.1878.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1878.
Smallpox011175000132.83.354.72
Measles341432691125534616.719.81312.29
Scarlet Fever774070253910611301432.238.33230.25
Diptheria6788107481147.38.687.56
Whooping Cough827141635192517441822.326.54744.42
Fever252822171491523202219.023.1109.45
Diarrhoea2915484136293940453936.142.94138.75
Total17913216615014885114104185106136.9162.8156147.44
London1479717476164891945412722113851122013411125651229214181.1184.118220217.70
Total Deaths from all causes7479878082776348043071355754597660681513774117700277029.0...83695...
England and Wales973529137910052710380191743680578509479259732176445485488.3168.482473152.70
Total Deaths from all causes480622494828515329514879492265492320526701546317510308500348507391.7...539574...