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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 1945

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

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Table: Notifications received during the Year ended 31st December, 1945.

Notifications received during the Year ended 31st December, 1945.

Scarlet Fever266( 361)
Diphtheria65( 66)
Erysipelas29(56)
Puerperal Fever7(11)
Puerperal Pyrexia28(19)
Cerebrospinal Fever10(10)
Ophthalmia Neonatorum13(16)
Measles1,809( 442)
Whooping Cough255( 354)
Primary Pneumonia62( 76)
Influenzal Pneumonia13( 24)
Malaria (Induced—2)5( 4)
Dysentery33( 64)
Food Poisoning22( 4)
Anthrax--
Scabies851(1,002)
Typhoid2( 1)
Paratyphoid—( 2)
Polio-Myelitis4-