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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Disease | Parliamentary Constituency | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vauxhal1 | Brixton | Norwood | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 86 | 38 | 30 | 154 |
| Whooping Cough | 68 | 114 | 76 | 258 |
| Measles | 855 | 1,063 | 1,051 | 2,969 |
| Pneumonia | 31 | 165 | 21 | 217 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 3 | - | 4 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Non Paralytic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 9 | 13 | 46 | 68 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 99 | 3 | 6 | 108 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 43 | 9 | 6 | 58 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Scabies | 4 | 23 | 7 | 34 |
| TOTALS | 1,209 | 1,442 | 1,255 | 3,906 |
NOTIFICATIONS OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS
The total number of notifications received during the year,
excluding tuberculosis, was 3,906. This was an increase of 2,253
on the figure for 1956.
This increase is accounted for by an epidemic of measles which
commenced at the end of 1956, and continued until the end of
September of this year. A total of 2,969 cases of measles was