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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 1887

[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, 1877 to 1886, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1887.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1877 to 1886, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1887.

Disease.1877.1878.1879.1880.1881.1882.1883.1884.1885.1886.Annual average of 10 years 1877-1886Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1877—1886.1887.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1887.
Smallpox35003501602.22.000.0
Measles61332141723244138521.320 14033.6
Scarlet Fever1432111125121880413.615 465.0
Diphtheria484415211612132512.210.3108.3
Whooping Cough1847246513282452393234 233.92319.3
Fever22109171910101216613113.9650
Diarrhoea3941144139222631376035032131260
Total10616694152131121118157148132131.5131.411697.4
London1229218220123101368113906135331080113633112621120213084162.712684154.2
Total Deaths from all causes7700286695855408112881071829058057883050800008226782022......82208......
England and Wales6445482473601578253758239721885897271762577266285964905133.064686122.4
Total Deaths from all causes500348539574528194528056491813516654522662531951522517537078520746......530577......