London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE V.
| Disease. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | Annual Average of 10years, 1871-1880 | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1871—1880. | 1881. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1881. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3 | 2.8 |
| Measles | 26 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 14 | 17.5 | 19.1 | 17 | 15.8 |
| Scarlet Fever | 25 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 18.9 | 20.6 | 25 | 23.2 |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 15 | 13.9 |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 35 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 44 | 18 | 47 | 24 | 65 | 31.0 | 33.8 | 13 | 12.1 |
| Fever | 17 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 15.6 | 17.0 | 19 | 17.6 |
| Diarrhœa | 41 | 36 | 29 | 39 | 40 | 45 | 39 | 41 | 14 | 41 | 365 | 39.8 | 39 | 36.2 |
| Total | 150 | 148 | 85 | 114 | 104 | 185 | 106 | 156 | 94 | 152 | 129.4 | 141.2 | 131 | 121.7 |
| London | 19454 | 12722 | 11385 | 11220 | 13411 | 12565 | 12292 | 18220 | 12310 | 13681 | 13726 0 | 173.7 | 13906 | 171.5 |
| Total Deaths from all causes | 80430 | 71355 | 75459 | 76606 | 81513 | 77411 | 77002 | 83695 | 85540 | 81128 | 79013.9 | ....... | 81071 | ...... |
| England and Wales | 103801 | 91743 | 68057 | 85094 | 79259 | 73217 | 64454 | 82473 | 60157 | 82537 | 79079.2 | 152.6 | 58239 | 118.4 |
| Total Deaths from all causes | 5148.9 | 492265 | 492320 | 526701 | 546317 | 510308 | 500348 | 539574 | 528194 | 528056 | 517896.2 | ...... | 491813 | ..... |