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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 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: Notifications received during the Year ended 31st December, 1944.

Notifications received during the Year ended 31st December, 1944.

Scarlet Fever361(716)
Diphtheria66(103)
Erysipelas56(52)
Puerperal Fever11(14)
Puerperal Pyrexia19(25)
Cerebro-spinal Fever10(7)
Ophthalmia Neonatorum16( 16)
Measles442(1,288)
Whooping Cough354(469)
Primary Pneumonia76(81)
Influenzal Pneumonia24(65)
Malaria (Induced—1)4(2)
Dysentery64(62)
Food Poisoning4(8)
Anthrax—(1)
Scabies1,002(624) (six months)
Typhoid1(-)
Paratyphoid2(-)