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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 1890

[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, 1880 to 1889, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases;.and the number in 1890.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1880 to 1889, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases;.

and the number in 1890.

Disease.1880.1881.1882.1883.1884.1885.1886.1887.1888.1889.Annual Average of 10 years, 1880.1889.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1880-1889.1890.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1890.
Smallpox03501500001.41.200.0
Measles141723244138640182126.223.33425.7
Scarlet Fever1125121880467910.99.743.0
Diphtheria41521161213251037516.114.3118.3
Whooping Cough6513282452393223762339.835.55340.1
Fever1719101012166611611.910.653.7
Diarrhœa4139222631376031 .253438.033.82921.9
Total15213112111815714813211617498144.6120.2136103.0
London136811390613533108011363311262112021268410803970912121150.712279134.5
Total Deaths from all causes8112881071829058057883050800008225782208788487568380593......91243......
England and "Wales8253758239721885897271762577266285964686506846102764068122.959698105.8
Total Deaths from all causes528624491935516654522997530828522750537276530758510690517936621045......564248......