London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Lambeth 1949

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

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25
England
and
Wales
126 C.Bs.
and Great
Towns
including
London
148 Smaller
Towns
Resident
Population,
25,00050,000
at
1931 census
London
Administrative
County
Lambeth
Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population :—
Notifications :
Typhoid Fever 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00
Paratyphoid Fever 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00
Cerebro Spinal
Fever 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.01
Scarlet Fever 1.63 1.72 1.83 1.46 1.09
Whooping Cough 2.39 2.44 2.39 1.70 1.02
Diphtheria 0.04 0.05 0.C4 0.07 0.J0
Erysipelas 0.19 0.20 0.19 0.17 0.13
Smallpox — — — — —
Measles 8.95 8.91 9.18 8.54 6.70
Pneumonia 0.80 0.91 0.65 0.55 0.41
Poliomyelitis 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.18 0.14
Polioencephalitis 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00
Food Poisoning 0.14 0.16 0.14 0.19 0.18

Rates per 1.000 Total Births (Live and Still):— («) Notifications:—

Puerperal Pyrexia6.318.145.306.826.92