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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE V.
Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years, 1882 to 1891, from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases
and the number in 1892.
Disease.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1891.
Annual
Averagn
of 10 years,
1882-1891.
Proportion
of Deaths
to 1000
Deaths in
10 yean,
1882—1891.
1892.
Proportion
of Deaths
to iooo
Deaths
in 1892.
Smallpox
5
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.1
0 .9
0
•0
Measles
23
24
41
38
5
40
18
21
34
30
27.4
22 .4
15
10.7
Scarlet Fever
12
18
8
0
4
6
7
9
4
3
7.1
6.0
4
2.8
Diphtheria
21
16
12
13
25
10
37
6
11
10
16.1
13.7
17
12.1
"Whooping Cough..
28
24
52
39
32
23
76
23
53
29
37.9
32 .2
67
47.9
Fever
10
10
12
16
6
6
11
6
6
2
8.4
7.1
4
2.8
Diarrhoea
22
26
31
37
60
31
25
34
29
24
31.9
27.1
40
28 .0
Total
121
118
157
148
132
116
174
98
136
98
129 8
110.4
147
105.2
London
13580
10905
13982
11861
11212
12720
10896
9785
12090
9675
11870
143.4
11983
136.5
Total Deaths
from all causes
82905
81108
82448
80978
82691
82443
79244
76162
89268
90216
82746
87749
England and
Wales
72188
58972
71762
57726
62859
64686
50684
61027
59698
53221
61282
114.7
56032
100.2
Total Deaths
from all causes
516654
>22997
530828
522750
537276
530758
510971
518353
562248
587925
534076
559090
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