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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Age Group | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Measles | Dysentery | Meningococcal Infection | Totals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Under 1 year | 1 | - | 3 | 8 | 81 | 84 | 6 | 6 | - | - | 189 |
| 1 - year | - | 1 | 7 | 5 | 194 | 195 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 412 |
| 2 - years | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 217 | 197 | 6 | 8 | - | - | 449 |
| 3 - years | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 186 | 182 | 7 | 1 | • | - | 400 |
| 4 - years | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 187 | 172 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 394 |
| 5-9 years | 28 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 416 | 388 | 12 | 8 | 1 | - | 902 |
| 10 - 14 years | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 58 |
| 15 - 24 years | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | - | 48 |
| 25 and over | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 22 | - | - | 44 |
| Age unknown | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| TOTAL | 59 | 50 | 38 | 51 | 1325 | 1262 | 60 | 66 | 2 | - | 2913 |
| Numbers for that part of Wandsworth transferred to Lambeth | 11 | 3 | 991 | 31 | - | 1036 | |||||
| TOTAL | 120 | 92 | 3578 | 157 | 2 | 3949 | |||||