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Lewisham 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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K2 11.
Lewisham District Board of Works.

Table: (B)Table of POPULATION, and of NEW CASES of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year1891, in the Sanitary District of Lewisham, classified according to Diseases and Localities.

(B)Table of POPULATION, and of NEW CASES of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year

1891, in the Sanitary District of Lewisham, classified according to Diseases and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the severalLocalities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1891.1234567891011121312345678910111213
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
TyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperalTyphus.Enteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
Parish of Lewisham72,2722159511...33......4...43......1141......1............5......
St. John's Hospital (Nursing Sisters of St. John the Divine..................5............1.............................................
Hamlet of Penge20,375...128......4............3.........1.........2............1......
North Surrey District Schools......1........................................................................
Totals92,6472172591...42......4...47......1151......3............6......