Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Disease | Parliamentary Constituency | Totals | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Vauxhall | Brixton | Norwood | ||
Scarlet Fever | 73 | 43 | 37 | 153 |
Whooping Cough | 60 | 34 | 38 | 132 |
Measles | 226 | 213 | 161 | 600 |
Diphtheria | 1 | - | -- | 1 |
Pneumonia | 30 | 60 | 24 | 114 |
Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | -- | 2 | - | 2 |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | -- | -- | 1 |
Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 2 | 3 | - | 5 |
Acute Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Dysentery | 82 | 28 | 18 | 128 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 65 | 1 | 4 | 70 |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Food Poisoning | 29 | 19 | 4 | 52 |
Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
Scabies | 3 | 22 | 4 | 29 |
Malaria | 1 | - | - | 1 |
TOTALS | 582 | 431 | 295 | 1308 |