London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lambeth 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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TABLE O. Deaths from zymotic diseases (Strangers deducted).
| For the 4 weeks ending. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | _ | _ | 4 |
| Measles | 13 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 130 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 27 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 126 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24 |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diarrhoea* | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 53 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 161 |
| Total of Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases | 54 | 49 | 48 | 31 | 37 | 21 | 24 | 48 | 68 | 50 | 35 | 33 | 498 |
| Erysipelas | — | 2 | — | 2 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 |
* Including the one case registered from Cholera Nostras in September.