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Lambeth 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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NOTIFICATIONS OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS
The total number of corrected notifications received during
the year, excluding tuberculosis, was 3,290. This was an increase
of 1,982 on the figure for 1958.
This increase is practically accounted for by the increase
in the number pf notifications of measles which assumed epidemic
proportions during the year. A total of 2,391 cases of measles
was notified compared with 600 in 1958
Scarlet Fever
There was an increase in the number of cases of Scarlet
Fever notified, 177 cases occuring compared with 153 in 1958.
IVhooping Cough
This disease showed a decrease on the 1958 figure. 121 cases
being notified compared with 132 last year.
Poliomyelitis
Sixteen cases of Poliomyelitis (8 paralytic and 8 non-paralytic)
were notified during the year. This is an increase on the
figure for 1958 when 6 cases (5 paralytic and 1 non paralytic)
occurred but is one less than in 1957.
The disease was spread throughout the various wards of the Borough as follows:-
| Bishop's | 6 |
| Marsh | 1 |
| Prince's | 1 |
| Oval | 1 |
| Springfield | 1 |
| Lansdowne | 1 |
| Angel1 | 1 |
| Vassall | 1 |
| Grove | 1 |
| Heme Hill | 1 |
| Romany | 1 |
| 16 |