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 | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Totals | Grand Total | |||||
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m | F | m | F | m | F | M | F | m | F | ||
Scarlet Fever | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 37 | 39 | 76 |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 35. | 22 | 40 | 70 | 94 | 164 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | |||||||||||
Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Measles | 520 | 491 | 433 | 449 | 106 | 104 | 10 | 16 | 1,069 | 1,060 | 2,129 |
Dysentery | 32 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | |||
Pneumonia | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 48 | |
Acute Encephalitis | |||||||||||
(Post Infectious) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | ||||
Erysipelas | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
Food Poisoning | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 17 | ||
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 13 | 13 |
Ophthamia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Scabies | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | 8 | 4 | • | 3 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
TOTALS | 583 | 570 | 481 | 492 | 175 | 178 | 56 | 91 | 1,295 | 1,331 | 2,626 |