London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
20
The following are the total numbers of corrected notifications, other than
tuberculosis received in respect of the area covered by the London Borough of
Lambeth for the period 1st January to 31st December, 1965. Included in the
figures are those relating to the Clapham and Streatham areas transferred from the
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth on 1st April, 1965.
TOTAL NUMBER NOTIFIED
| Disease | Number |
|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 120 |
| Whooping cough | 92 |
| Measles | 3578 |
| Dysentery | 157 |
| Meningococcal infection | 2 |
| Acute pneumonia | 49 |
| Acute encephalitis (Infective) | 1 |
| Typhoid fever | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 14 |
| Food poisoning | 34 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 84 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 27 |
| Scabies | 40 |
| Total | 4199 |