Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE V.
Disease. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | Annual Average of 10 years, 1885-1894. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1885-1894. | Total Deaths; in 1895. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1895. |
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Smallpox | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 0 | 0 |
Measles | 38 | 5 | 40 | 18 | 21 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 19 | 54 | 27.3 | 21.2 | 13 | 8.6 |
Scarlet Fever | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 9 | 6.0 |
Diphtheria | 13 | 25 | 10 | 37 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 35 | 21.6 | 16.8 | 17 | 11.8 |
Whooping Cough | 39 | 32 | 23 | 76 | 23 | 53 | 29 | 67 | 10 | 54 | 40.6 | 31.6 | 36 | 24.0 |
Fever- | ||||||||||||||
Typhus | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Enteric | 16 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8.1 | 6.3 | 9 | 6.0 |
Simple continued | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | |
Diarrhoea | 37 | 60 | 31 | 25 | 34 | 29 | 24 | ' 40 | 42 | 32 | 35.4 | 27.5 | 72 | 48.0 |
Totals | 148 | 132 | 116 | 174 | 98 | 136 | 98 | 147 | 151 | 202 | ...... | ...... | 156 | 104.4 |
Totals—London | 11861 | 11212 | 12720 | 10896 | 9785 | 12090 | 9675 | 11983 | 12851 | 11544 | ||||
Totals—England and Wales | 57726 | 62859 | 64686 | 50684 | 61027 | 59698 | 53221 | 56032 | 73496 | 52771 | 64901 |