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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 1891

[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, 1881 to 1890, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseasesand the number in 1891.

TABLE V.

Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1881 to 1890, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases

and the number in 1891.

Disease.1881.1882.1883.1884.1885.1886.1887.1888.1889.1890.Annual Average of 10 years, 1881—1890.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 yearn, 1881—1890.1891.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1891.
Smallpox35015000001.41.200.0
Measles172324413854018213426.122.83022.3
Scarlet Fever25121880467949.38.132.2
Diphtheria152116121325103761116.514.3107.4
Whooping Cough1328245239322376235330.331.62921.5
Fever191010121666116610.18.821.4
Diarrhœa3922263137603125342933. 429.1241.7
Total13112111815714813211617498136133.1115.99872.9
London138991358010905139821186111212127201089697851209012091147.69675107.2
Total Deaths from all causes8143182905811088244880978826918244379244761628926881878......90216......
England and Wales5823972188589727176257726628596468650684610275969863178120.45322190.5
Total Deaths from all causes491935516654522997530828522750537276530758510971518353562248524477......587666......