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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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WARD DISTRIBUTION NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE (CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS) IN EACH WARD OF THE BOROUGH
| Ward | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | Acute Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | Measles | Dysentery | Meningococcal Infection | Pneumonia | Para-Typhoid Fever | Erysipelas | Food Poisoning | Puerperal Pyrexia | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Scabies | TOTALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh | 12 | 5 | - | 1 | 91 | 15 | 1 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 88 | 14 | 1 | 237 |
| Bishop's | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 286 | 34 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 373 |
| Prince's | 20 | 13 | 1 | - | 138 | 29 | - | 20 | - | 1 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 257 |
| Oval | 16 | 13 | 1 | - | 116 | 15 | - | 7 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 180 |
| Springfield | 10 | 4 | 1 | - | 117 | 18 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | 159 |
| Lansdowne | 5 | 12 | - | 1 | 115 | 11 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 23 | - | 2 | 178 |
| Minet | 16 | 3 | - | - | 118 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 149 |
| Angell | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 71 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 84 |
| Vassall | 3 | 16 | 1 | - | 146 | 14 | 1 | 9 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 195 |
| Grove | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | 120 | 9 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 142 |
| Stockwell | 4 | 6 | - | - | 46 | 4 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 | 77 |
| Landor | 2 | 6 | - | - | 66 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 91 |
| Ferndale | 6 | 4 | - | - | 140 | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 158 |
| Town Hall | 5 | 1 | - | - | 119 | 14 | - | 7 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 151 |
| Heme Hill | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 92 | 5 | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 114 |
| Effra | 8 | 2 | - | - | 99 | 10 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 134 |
| Tulse Hill | 6 | 3 | - | - | 119 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 135 |
| Thurlow Park | 10 | - | - | - | 44 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 60 |
| Romany | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 113 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 130 |
| Leigham | 13 | - | - | - | 78 | 8 | - | 4 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | 109 |
| Knight's Hill | 10 | 1 | - | - | 157 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 177 |
| TOTALS | 177 | 121 | 8 | 8 | 2391 | 209 | 3 | 112 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 143 | 80 | 45 | 2200 |