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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE F.
Shewing the number of Deaths (corrected) from the 7 principal zymotic diseases in the Borough of Lambeth during 1923 and during the five previous years 1918-22, together with the yearly averages during the three decennia 1891-1900 (Parish), 1901-1910 (Borough) and 1911-20 (Borough).
| Disease. | 1918. | 1919 | 1920. | 1921. | 1922. | Total (corrected) Deaths in 1923. | Annual average of ten years 1911-1920 (Borough). | Annual average of ten years 1901-1910 (Borough). | Annual average of ten years 1891-1900 (Parish). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 0.0 | 6.8 | 1.1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 11.9 | 31.4 | 48.8 |
| Diphtheria | 45 | 60 | 77 | 44 | 50 | 48 | 47.3 | 41.6 | 124.5 |
| Membranous Croup | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | 1.5 | 6.8 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Typhoid or Enteric and | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 7.0 | 16.7 | 34.7 |
| Continued Relapsing | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Diarrhœa | 60 | 80 | 51 | 124 | 35 | 46 | 127.8 | 172.9 | 196.5 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| Measles | 127 | 26 | 80 | 15 | 66 | 21 | 84.7 | 110.4 | 145.6 |
| Whooping Cough | 85 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 58 | 14 | 47.2 | 91.8 | 143.7 |