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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES Number of cases of Infectious Disease notified in each Parliamentary Constituency of the Borough.
| Disease | Parliamentary Constituency | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vauxhall | Brixton | Norwood | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 34 | 19 | 23 | 76 |
| Whooping Cough | 49 | 64 | 51 | 164 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ||||
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 719 | 794 | 616 | 2,129 |
| Dysentery | 67 | 22 | 48 | 137 |
| Meningococcal | ||||
| Infection | 2 | 2 | - | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 5 - | 19 | 24 | 48 |
| Acute Encephalitis | ||||
| (Post Infectious) | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 12 | 2 | 17 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Dipthalmia Neonatorium | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Scabies | 6 | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| TOTALS | 898 | 943 | 785 | 2,626 |