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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 1909
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1909
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TABLE O. Deaths from Zymotic diseases (Strangers deducted), 1909.
| For the 4 weeks ending | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 15 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 104 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 57 |
| Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 85 |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 9 |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 118 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |